butcher shops
- plural of butcher shop.
Example Sentences
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I looked out the windows as we drove along, but saw nothing except butcher-shops, grocer-stores, etc.—horrible objects for a sentimental traveler!
From Views a-foot by Taylor, Bayard
He waited around butcher-shops to eat what was discarded for the dogs.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
I have gone to wine-shops to talk with people, to bakeries, to butcher-shops, to dealers in olive oil, and to fishermen.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
There were butcher-shops where meat hung within reach.
From White Fang by London, Jack
There were already more vacant houses in Dumfries Corners than could be rented, more butcher-shops than could be supported, more clubs than could be run without a deficit.
From The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life by Bangs, John Kendrick
