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butcher

[booch-er] / ˈbʊtʃ ər /






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My dad was a butcher, my mother a butcher’s helper and then a junior-high-school teacher after my father died.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

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

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Slate’s Alexis Romero explains the court’s “head-spinning” opinion and how it manages to butcher the legal question at the heart of this case while also cherry-picking history.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

When butcher Asser Levy died in Colonial New York, he had gone from penniless immigrant to successful businessperson by meeting the booming city’s food needs.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

They were both hideous waxy ghosts on butcher paper.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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