Guttles vs Buttles - What's the difference?
guttles | buttles |
(guttle)
To put into the gut; to eat voraciously; to swallow greedily; to gorge, gormandize.
* Dryden Translations From Persius, The Sixth Satire of Pursius :
* 1890s , Poverty Knock :
To swallow.
* 1692 (1616-1704) Fables Of Aesop And Other Eminent Mythologists :
(buttle)
To serve as or perform the duties of a butler.
* 1909 , J. T. Grein, Sunday Times :
* 1989 , Benjamin Quarles, The Negro in the Civil War :
* 2000 , Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum :
* (seemoreCites)
As verbs the difference between guttles and buttles
is that guttles is third-person singular of guttle while buttles is third-person singular of buttle.guttles
English
Verb
(head)guttle
English
Verb
(guttl)- His jolly brother, opposite in sense, / Laughs at his thrift; and lavish of expence / Quaffs, crams, and guttles, in his own defence.
- I know I can guttle, when I hear my shuttle, go poverty, poverty knock.
- The fool spit in his porridge, to try if they'd hiss : they did not hiss, and so he guttled them up, and scalded his chops
Derived terms
* guttler - a greedy eaterSee also
* devour * gorge * gobble * gulpReferences
*buttles
English
Verb
(head)buttle
English
Alternative forms
* butleVerb
(buttl)- ...even the stoic and impeccable maid of Miss Ethelwyn Arthur-Jones, who ‘buttled ’ as well as the most time-honoured butler.
- Houses where Negroes buttled or cooked were marked for a visit.
- At times like this, he buttled when Spriggan the butler was not on duty, or if an extra hand was needed, he footed as well.