puttony

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noun

A wooden or wickerwork basket used, in Hungary, to carry grapes in a vineyard

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puttonyos
OriginHungarian puttony →
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Meanings

nounputtony (plural puttonys or puttonyos)

plural puttonys · plural puttonyos

  1. A wooden or wickerwork basket used, in Hungary, to carry grapes in a vineyard
  2. A measure of such an amount of dried grapes added to the ferment in making tokay wine and hence a measure of its sweetness

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
puttonyos

Origin

  1. Hungarianputtony
  2. Englishputtony

Borrowed from Hungarian puttony. Doublet of butt (“cask”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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puttony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puttony

MLA

“puttony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puttony. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puttony,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puttony.

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