Boston butt

noun

variants or less commonly Boston Butt

plural Boston butts also Boston Butts

: a marbled upper cut of the pork shoulder : butt sense 2b

The Boston butt is the cut of choice for pulled-pork sandwiches.

—Angela Shelf Medearis

Word History

Etymology

boston, Massachusetts

Note: The reason for the association of the cut with Boston is now obscure.

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above