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Word: butcher
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
- A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
- A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses , etc. (old, informal).
- (Cockney rhyming slang, via ''butcher's hook'') A look.
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Proper noun:
- A=An|from=Middle English|dot= for a [[butcher.
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Verb:
- transitive To kill brutally.
- transitive To ruin something, often to the point of defamation.
- transitive To slaughter animals and prepare meat for market.
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