slaughterman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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For The Food Chain, the BBC's Emily Thomas met a slaughterman at Tideford abbattoir, who described his approach to his work:
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2020
Characters in On Bear Ridge include a slaughterman who lives with the family and a captain who has lost his battalion "and all sense of what it is to be a human being".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2019
Prosecuting counsel Elwen Evans QC said: "The defendant was an experienced slaughterman who knew how to use knives professionally."
From BBC ● May 30, 2013
At one point I look around the wall and see the slaughterman.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2013
Physiognomically the slaughterman carries his trade-mark legibly enough.
From No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes by Wheldon, Rupert H.
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