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butcher shop

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noun

a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.

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Origin of butcher shop

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

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Examples from the Web for butcher shop

Passing a butcher-shop he stopped and surveyed the array of fish which were on display in the window.
El Diablo|Brayton Norton
Hopeless and dead, Hanneh Hayyeh dragged herself to the butcher-shop.
Hungry Hearts|Anzia Yezierska
The store was a butcher-shop, and one of the principal things they sold, apparently, was sausage.
Outwitting the Hun|Pat O'Brien
Marching to attack such an enemy, so intrenched and so armed, is marching to a butcher-shop rather than to a battle.
The Citizen-Soldier|John Beatty

He raided the butcher-shop, seized the big carving knife, and returned to the battle field.
The Blazed Trail|Stewart Edward White