Example Sentences

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He would have butchered another ox, but as the boat would now hold no more, Duff with difficulty made him stop.

From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by Brown, William Perry

To prevent that catastrophe they therefore hamstring the beast as soon as they have butchered it.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir