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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

The first Palme winner, “Marty,” a romantic drama starring Ernest Borgnine as a lonely, middle-aged butcher longing for love, won the Oscar for best picture.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

It then proceeds to butcher the legal question before it.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

When it was Nok's turn, the woman slid a bird off the roasting rack and started hacking it to pieces with a long butcher knife.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat




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