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butcher's

/ ˈbʊtʃəz /

noun

  1. slang.
    a look
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of butcher's1

C19: rhyming slang
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Example Sentences

When they wake, there's an abundance of food to find, and countless butchers from whom to seek scraps.

From Salon

The ship, which set off from Japan in May, butchers whales caught and killed by smaller vessels.

From BBC

Dwight mocks this and butchers the CPR dummy so he can wear its face as a mask as if he were the serial killer in “The Silence of the Lambs.”

An 85-year-old woman believed to be one of Britain's longest serving butchers is retiring after more than 60 years.

From BBC

“Local meat is expensive. It’s unfortunately become a luxury product, but that isn’t butchers’ fault or reason to unfairly single them out,” said Salim Lamari, the 40-year-old owner of a family butchery east of Algiers.

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