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• n  (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
• s  used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
• s  (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance

• Among lesbians, a butch, dyke or bull dyke is a mannish woman who seeks a femmea passive, dependent partner.
• She has a butch hairdo, a brusque Thatcherite manner and a license to kill with unkindness.
• George Lucas gave us the epicene C-3PO and the little butch R2-D2, and their Felix-Oscar dialogue suggests the banter of a couple of old queens who have been keeping intergalactic .

• dike
• dyke
• macho

News & Articles

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• USDA official visit Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, College
  PABLO — Butch Blazer from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) visited the Flathead Reservation recently to meet with the CS&KT Council and tour the Salish Kootenai College’s natural resources department.
  June 20, 2013 - Char-Koosta News
• Butch Jones plans to be in Miami for Game 7 of NBA Finals to cheer on Heat, Erik Spoelstra
  Tennessee football coach Butch Jones is hoping to be the Miami Heat’s good-luck charm for the second year in a row.
  June 19, 2013 - Knoxville News Sentinel
• Statement from Secretary of State Connie Lawson on Butch Morgan sentencing
  I commend the court's sentencing of former St. Joe County Democratic Chairman Butch Morgan and three other Democratic staffers for vote fraud,said Secretary of State Connie Lawson. "It is particularly
  June 18, 2013 - FOX 28 South Bend

Quotes

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• Joe Biden in Kansas City Star
  At a campaign stop last week in West Virginia, Biden said: "Folks, John McCain is now attacking the Bush budget and Bush fiscal policies, which he voted for I might add. This is as crazy as Butch Cassidy attacking the Sundance Kid."
• John Daly in ESPN
  I just wish Butch had called me before getting slapped in the face,Daly told the AP. "I love Butch to death. I still think he's the greatest coach out there. I just told him, 'Don't always believe what you read in the paper.' I texted him,...