"slide-butt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slide-butts [plural]
Etymology: slide + butt (“cart”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|slide|butt|gloss2=cart}} slide + butt (“cart”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} slide-butt (plural slide-butts)
  1. (West Country, obsolete) A horse- or ox-drawn cart, with runners instead of wheels, used for carrying dung. Tags: West-Country, obsolete Related terms: buttload, gurry-butt, ox-butt
    Sense id: en-slide-butt-en-noun-Qm5OLnyf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, West Country English

Inflected forms

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