Synonyms for butch

Grammar : Adj

Spell : boo ch

Phonetic Transcription : bʊtʃ

Définition of butch

Origin : "tough youth," 1902, first attested in nickname of U.S. outlaw George Cassidy (1866-?), probably an abbreviation of butcher (n.). Sense of "aggressive lesbian" is 1940s.

As in mannish : adj manlike

Example sentences :

If the boys quarrelled with him at play, the first word was "your mother's a butch."
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

What do you think of them, Butch, now that you've clapped your eyes on them?
Extract from : « Bert Wilson on the Gridiron » by J. W. Duffield

"I'll show you if I do nothing but talk," he said to Butch after he told them of his discovery.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

Plimsoll shot a look of contempt at Butch, making the proposal.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

You and Butch ride on through the trees a ways, Hahn, till you get back of them.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

He cut short Butch's boast of the way they had scared young Keith.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

"See if you can round up that damned dog, Butch," said Plimsoll.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

Butch clambered to the top of the great boulder and viewed the job from the outside.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

"I suppose you'd be jealous if we stuck around," said Butch, leering now at Molly.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

Wyatt was just starting to point 'em out the entrance when Butch lets him have it.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

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