butcher's
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of butcher's
C19: rhyming slang
Example Sentences
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Out in the street, a business consultant who recently voted for the left-wing populist Green Party, also worried about illegal migrants, as did a painter who was busy refurbishing Cain’s butcher’s shop.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Pat Jenkins began working at her father's butcher's shop in Bournemouth in 1958, aged 19.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2024
Instead of crossed swords, a butcher’s knife, a cleaver and a honing steel cross behind a crest with paintings of a wheel of cheese, a lobster, a bottle of wine, a head of cattle.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
On September 3, 2012, 69-year-old Griselda Blanco stepped outside a butcher’s shop in Medellín.
From National Geographic • Feb. 2, 2024
At summer socials, their day of fun was capped off with the ultimate celebration of a butcher’s skill—the cattle-dressing contest.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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