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butcher
[ booch-er ]
noun
- a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
- a person who slaughters certain animals, or who dresses the flesh of animals, fish, or poultry, for food or market.
- a person guilty of brutal or indiscriminate slaughter or murder.
Synonyms: ,
- a vendor who hawks newspapers, candy, beverages, etc., as on a train, at a stadium, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to slaughter or dress (animals, fish, or poultry) for market.
- to kill indiscriminately or brutally.
- to bungle; botch:
to butcher a job.
butcher
/ ˈʊʃə /
noun
- a retailer of meat
- a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
- an indiscriminate or brutal murderer
- a person who destroys, ruins, or bungles something
verb
- to slaughter or dress (animals) for meat
- to kill indiscriminately or brutally
- to make a mess of; botch; ruin
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of butcher1
C13: from Old French bouchier , from bouc he-goat, probably of Celtic origin; see buck 1; compare Welsh bwch he-goat
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Synonym Study
See slaughter.
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I picked up fresh pork sausage from the good butcher shop in my neighborhood and folded in a couple of eggs, whisked with a splash of cream, to help it all set.
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One particularly devastating crypto fraud is known as “pig butchering” or “romance baiting.”
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It flags up things like whether there is a local butcher, bookshops, a park, schools, churches or a farmers' market.
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He also bought a specialist butchering knife and ordered an air pistol, which never arrived.
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A Scottish butcher's kebab pie has taken the top spot as "pie of pies" at the British Pie Awards.
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