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butcher

noun as in meat killer, seller

verb as in slay and prepare animal for meat

verb as in ruin

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He estimates he has worked in at least 25 different trades, from butcher to taquero to sound engineer, social media manager and nonprofit worker, none really fitting his life’s goal to do something “meaningful.”

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"Many people had gathered at the butcher" when the rubble fell, said Sakib Hossain, 50, who rushed out after hearing a loud bang.

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On this occasion, he has arrived in Australia looking laser focused and as fit as a butcher's dog.

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“The grocer. The butcher. The man who sells feed for the chickens.”

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The 1987 movie features Schwarzenegger’s Dutch leading a multiracial band of bros on a black ops mission to eliminate guerrillas in a Central American jungle, only to be butchered by an invisible stalker from space.

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