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with Anu Gargbuttle
PRONUNCIATION:
(BUT-l)
MEANING:
verb intr.:
To do a butler's work.
ETYMOLOGY:
Back-formation from butler, from Old French bouteillier (cup-bearer), from
bouteille (bottle). Originally, a butler was in charge of the wine. Earliest
recorded use: 1867.
USAGE:
"The top hotels in Saudi Arabia are staffed by foreign men -- something
I realized must be the case when my butler at the Al Faisaliah folded
my underwear unprompted. If I were buttled by a Saudi, we'd probably be
shuttled to Deera Square -- or Chop Chop Square, as it's better known --
where the public beheadings occur."Maureen Dowd; A Girls' Guide to Saudi Arabia; Vanity Fair (New York); Aug 2010. See more usage examples of buttle in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world. -RD Laing, psychiatrist and author (1927-1989)
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