butin

[< Cdn F; cf. E booty]

Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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movable goods, especially baggage and personal effects.

Quotations

1804-5

Bazinet arrived last night with the butin.

1860

The sleigh had to be unpacked, and the "butin" was dragged through the river and carried to the ruined hut. . . .