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Butch

adjective

Used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner. Synonym: macho.

(of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance.

noun

(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine. Synonyms: dike, dyke.

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"Butch" Quotes from Famous Books

... for Fiber, and we gave him that name because his real name was Wood. Rich got his name from being a mudsock. Pie got his because he was a regular pieface. And they called me Butch for no reason at all except that perhaps my ...

— Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14) • Elbert Hubbard

... mold. Mary McCready was a big husky redhead of twelve, with a face full of freckles and an infectious laugh, and Tommy Miller, a few months younger, was just an average, extroverted, well adjusted youngster, noisy and restless, tee-shirted and butch-barbered. ...

— Junior Achievement • William Lee

... sheepish, and so did I. A few people on the sidewalk stopped to watch and snicker at us. Our janitor Butch was there, shaking his finger at me. Kate nodded to him and told him she was taking me home ...

— It's like this, cat • Emily Neville

... of a slide cold id by head," said the Fish. "I'b subjecd to theb, you doe. It's beig id the water so butch, I ...

— The Wallypug in London • G. E. Farrow

... Big Butch Brewster, captain and full-back of the Bannister College football squad, his behemoth bulk swathed in heavy blankets and crowded into a narrow bunk, shifted his vast tonnage restlessly. He was dreaming of the wild and woolly West, and like a six-reel Western drama ...

— T. Haviland Hicks Senior • J. Raymond Elderdice