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butcher

[booch-er] / ˈbʊtʃ ər /






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One French butcher offers steaks old enough to apply for a driver’s permit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

"Store closed", reads the sign next to Alina's butcher shop.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

The Ghanaian-owned butcher shop down the street is where I go for halal chicken wings and thighs.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

It then proceeds to butcher the legal question before it.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

He slowly scooted behind the butcher shop again.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




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