BUTCHER

Butcher

A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat or do any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments. A butcher may be employed by supermarkets, grocery stores, butcher shops and fish markets or may be self-employed.

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butcher

Noun

  1. A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
  2. A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
  3. A look.
  4. A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.

Verb

  1. To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
  2. To kill brutally.
  3. To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
    The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".


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