Meanings
nounbuttinski (plural buttinskis)
plural buttinskis
- alternativeAlternative spelling of buttinsky (“one who interferes”).
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 - alternativeAlternative spelling of buttinsky (“telecommunication device”).
Origin
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APA
buttinski. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttinski
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“buttinski.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttinski. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buttinski,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttinski.
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