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butchery
  1. The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
  2. (rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
  3. The butchering of meat.
  4. A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
  5. A meat market
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  7. Examples:
    1. “When you buy meat at the butchery and they weigh it, do they account for the weight of any bones if there are bones in there?”
      “The meat mincer was located in the butchery which had been constructed on the family's grazing property.”
      “Many of these interpretations have been largely anecdotal, such as Matt Pope's insightful comments on using an asymmetrical handaxe during the butchery of a deer carcass.”
butcher
  1. A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
  2. (figuratively) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) A look.
  4. (informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “His father was a skilled craftsman who worked as a butcher, brickmaker, and bricklayer before moving the family north to St. Louis in 1917.”
      “With the help of the Troglydytes, the young couple manages to kill the tyrannical and murderous butcher.”
      “Terry, the trumpet star, inexplicably allows himself to be presented with a musical butcher like Brookmeyer.”
butcheress
  1. (dated) A female butcher (dealer in meat).
  2. (dated) A murderess.
butchering
butchery
  1. (slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “When you buy meat at the butchery and they weigh it, do they account for the weight of any bones if there are bones in there?”
      “The meat mincer was located in the butchery which had been constructed on the family's grazing property.”
      “Many of these interpretations have been largely anecdotal, such as Matt Pope's insightful comments on using an asymmetrical handaxe during the butchery of a deer carcass.”
butcherdom
  1. The condition or trade of a butcher.
butcherer
  1. One who butchers; a brutal or indiscriminate killer.
butchershop
  1. A butcher's shop; a store that sells meat.
butchers
butcherliness
  1. The quality of being butcherly.
butchers
butchershops
  1. plural of butchershop
butcherings
butcheresses
  1. plural of butcheress
butcherers
  1. plural of butcherer
butcheries
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