butcher
Example Sentences
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“Down Victoria Street is Parriss’s sweet shop, but with war rationing, Mr. Parriss doesn’t have much to offer. Neither does the butcher. Don’t know how Mum manages a larder stock, but she does somehow.”
From Literature
Found in the Edgcote area in Northamptonshire, it has a sharp edge likely designed for butchering animals.
From BBC
Local butchers and farmers have been brought together to help feed the 15,000-strong workforce.
From BBC
He said police discovered the defendant had previously been employed as a skilled butcher and her work involved "deboning, and portioning out turkey carcasses using a large knife".
From BBC
Cignetti’s gotten a lot of attention for his bravado and his menacing sideline presence, in which he paces and stares like a customer who thinks the butcher’s hiding the best T-bones.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
