Talk:Horse-drawn boat
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On British Waterways the horse drawn commercial narrow boat was called 'A Butty'. Butty is a very old english word for friend or companion. It has been corrupted by the Americans into Buddy. |
On British Waterways the horse drawn commercial narrow boat was called 'A Butty'. Butty is a very old english word for friend or companion. It has been corrupted by the Americans into Buddy. |
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For the working boatman he had his horse and his butty.Similarly the miners called their food sandwich a butty as it was always welcome. |
For the working boatman he had his horse and his butty.Similarly the miners called their food sandwich a butty as it was always welcome. |
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