buthther
Appearance
Yola
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā. It is a vulgar pronunciation of butter throughout Ireland.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]buthther
- butter
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 58:
- Muskawn of buthther.
- A large lump of butter.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 29
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