buttinsky in Finnish
buttinsky in Finnish is asentajapuhelin — buttinsky means (informal) Someone who keeps interrupting or interfering where they are not wanted.
buttinsky in Finnish
asentajapuhelin
(telecommunications) A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.
What does "buttinsky" mean?
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noun (informal) Someone who keeps interrupting or interfering where they are not wanted.
"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."
- noun A sturdy portable phone with clips, used by engineers to test lines or connect to them temporarily.
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buttinsky in a sentence
- 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.
- I wish I had never met that nosy buttinsky!
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What is "buttinsky" in Finnish?
"buttinsky" in Finnish is asentajapuhelin. buttinsky means: (informal) Someone who keeps interrupting or interfering where they are not wanted.
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