butcher

Example Sentences

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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 The Wall Street Journal

I was standing just outside Mr. Zenger’s butcher shop one hot morning, making sure to keep my body in the rectangle of shade his awning was providing, when I overheard some gossip.

From Literature