butt end
Example Sentences
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Center Evgeny Kuznetsov then was slow to get up after the butt end of Penguins center Jeff Carter’s stick caught him in the side midway through the middle frame.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2022
That graphite-steel combo helps reposition 40 grams in the head and butt end of the shaft for a higher balance point designed to produce a more consistent tempo to your stroke.
From Golf Digest • Feb. 13, 2020
“Young man, my three years at the butt end of an M16 checked that box,” Corallo replied, according to author Vicky Ward.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2019
Saturday night, Anderson was like the butt end of a swinging log, lowering his shoulder and blasting into tacklers with punishing abandon.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2019
“On what part, Dr. Whitman? The butt end? The hook?”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
