butcher
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“My grandmother would take me for a walk, and we’d stop into the butcher and the international grocery,” See said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
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 second stop is the surplus meat section, tucked in an unassuming refrigerator beside the butcher counter.
From Salon • May 22, 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
One black butcher who died with no family to provide a proper burial was given a full, all-expenses-paid union funeral parade.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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