butch

Example Sentences

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He also described the dog as "big, butch and brown and white" in colour.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

They describe themselves as butch in appearance — short-cropped hair, button-down Oxfords.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

So, is it possible to butch up vegetables?

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2024

Trailblazers like James Baldwin and the butch icon Leslie Feinberg proved to be unignorable.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

Yours sincerely, Dave Mitchell Now that I’m a free citizen again, I dig out my black sweater, look disgustedly at the butch haircut, and go out to mail my letter.

From It’s like this, cat by Neville, Emily