Butcher-linen
a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
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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 […]
- Butcherly
like, or characteristic of, a butcher. Historical Examples It Is Never Too Late to Mend Charles Reade The Fair Maid of Perth Sir Walter Scott Jack Sheppard, Vol. III (of III) W. Harrison Ainsworth