butch : Idioms & Phrases

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butcher block

  • noun a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood
    butcher block.
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butcher board

  • noun a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood
    butcher block.
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butcher cumberland

  • noun English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
    Duke of Cumberland; Cumberland; William Augustus.
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butcher knife

  • noun a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat
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butcher paper

  • noun a strong wrapping paper that resists penetration by blood or meat fluids
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butcher shop

  • noun a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold
    meat market.
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butcher's broom

  • noun shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms
    Ruscus aculeatus.
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Butch"er's broom`
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  1. (Bot.) A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.
Webster 1913

pork butcher

  • noun a vendor of pork and products made from pork
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