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abattoir

[ab-uh-twahr, ab-uh-twahr] / ˈæb əˌtwɑr, ˌæb əˈtwɑr /
NOUN
slaughterhouse
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Abattoir labour shortages are being blamed on Brexit and the Covid pandemic.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021

No one was arrested or charged after 19 activists invaded the Carey Bros Abattoir near Warwick before dawn on Monday.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2019

Robert F Kennedy Peter Sellers Henry Mancini Kitchen Whisky Abattoir What has a priest banned from a church hall because it was "not compatible" with the Catholic faith?

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2012

Beneath that cow is a 410-seat temporary theater and a private bar called the Abattoir.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2011

Nevertheless, he stood Ace High with the old Two-per-cent-a Month up at the Abattoir known as the Farmers & Merchants' Bank.

From Ade's Fables by McCutcheon, John T.




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