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

While rotating your entire body toward the target, pull the butt end of the club toward the ball, keeping your left hand palm down and your trail hand palm up.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 12, 2019

“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