Butcher-knife
a large, very sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
Historical Examples
Everyday Adventures Samuel Scoville
In the Old West George Frederick Ruxton
The Rosie World Parker Fillmore
Left on Labrador Charles Asbury Stephens
Children’s Literature Charles Madison Curry
The Rosie World Parker Fillmore
Punchinello, Vol. II., No. 35, November 26, 1870 Various
Wunpost Dane Coolidge
The Life Of Abraham Lincoln Ward H. Lamon
Slave Narratives, Oklahoma Various
Read Also:
- Butcher-linen
a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
- Butcher-paper
heavy, moisture-resistant paper, as used for wrapping meat.
- Butcher-s-saw
a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
- Butcher-shop
a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold. Historical Examples Roast Beef, Medium Edna Ferber Following the Equator, Complete Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) El Diablo Brayton Norton The Citizen-Soldier John Beatty Outwitting the Hun Pat O’Brien The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White Parrot & Co. Harold MacGrath Hungry Hearts Anzia Yezierska Careers […]
- Butchered
a retail or wholesale dealer in meat. a person who slaughters certain animals, or who dresses the flesh of animals, fish, or poultry, for food or market. a person guilty of brutal or indiscriminate slaughter or murder. a vendor who hawks newspapers, candy, beverages, etc., as on a train, at a stadium, etc. to slaughter […]