The phrase "a a butt of" is not correct in written English.
It appears to be a typographical error, as "a" is repeated unnecessarily. The correct phrase would be "a butt of" or simply "the butt of."
Example: "He became a butt of jokes among his friends after that embarrassing incident."
Alternatives: "the target of" or "the subject of ridicule."
It worked for her, making her a household name and the butt of running jokes.
La Rue was never a gay icon, nor a butt of the feminist movement, which sometimes surprised him.
Mr. Shaw is out of sorts because suddenly, involuntarily, he is a pseudocelebrity, a butt of jokes, and the victim of an executive order stipulating that the deputy mayor for operations fills in when Mr. Bloomberg is away.
His comments have made him a darling of conservative radio hosts, a butt of jokes on television talk shows and a target of criticism from state Democrats.
So far he has refused to oust any key figure from his inner circle, such as his cousin, Rami Makhlouf, a tycoon who has been a butt of the protesters' ire.
And so it remained for decades, a butt of jokes, a rubbish dump, out of sight and mind except when used as a backdrop for Hollywood car races and chases.
Nine years on, few would contradict Cope's assessment that Motion has brought value to the laureateship, which used to be open-ended with an honorarium comprising £70 and a butt of sack (barrel of Spanish wine).
His new roles included a servant subjected to the screaming racial abuse of Lionel Barrymore, a snivelling sidekick in a John Ford movie, and a butt of amiably insulting jokes for Will Rogers — and all the while he was becoming ever more absurdly stylized, his high, whimpering speech nearly vaporizing into the musical spheres.
Only the most aged comedian would make man-and-bag a butt of jokes.
Although he is the first recorded prisoner held in the Tower, he was also the first person to escape from it, using a smuggled rope secreted in a butt of wine.
In what he termed a "class-conscious" side to the film, Norman also discussed the characterisation of Parker, a manservant, as a butt of jokes, such as being the one unfortunate character to find himself stuck upside-down in a tree as the Tiger Moth crash-lands.
