(pl. -ies) Brit. <英>
1
- used informally among miners to refer to a friend or workmate朋友; 工友（矿工的非正式用语）。
1.1
- historical a middleman negotiating between the miners and mine owner〈史〉包工头（指矿工和矿主之间的中间人）：
as modifier the butty system.包工头制度。
2
- （亦作butty boat）an unpowered freight barge intended to be towed（由拖船拖曳的）无动力货运驳船。
词源
late 18th cent.: probably from BOOTY1 in the phrase play booty 'join in sharing plunder'.