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buttinski en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [bʌɾ-] (General-American)
• /bʌtˈɪnski/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /bʌtˈɪnski/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From butt in + -ski.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of buttinsky (“one who interferes”).
   alt of buttinsky
   • It is never pleasant for a man of sensibility to find himself regarded as a buttinski and a trailing arbutus, and it was thus, I could see at a g., that Wilbert Cream was pencilling me in. 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter V, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC, page 50:
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of buttinsky (“telecommunication device”).
   alt of buttinsky

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