buttinsky

Example Sentences

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More time looking out the window tends to result in more opportunities to be a buttinsky.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2020

The hero of your book is described by a shipmate as a “blue-eyed, wise-cracking, flapper-chasing buttinsky sort of fellow.”

From National Geographic • Jan. 13, 2018

Jay sits in the back but he’s a buttinsky, leaping into every argument.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2017

Indeed, you can see a parallel between beatific buttinsky Kate and Silverstone, a cheerfully proselytizing animal-rights do-gooder who eats no meat, eggs or dairy.

From Time Magazine Archive

As for me, I promised Bongo I will never be a buttinsky again.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate