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butchers
We have found lemma(root) word of butchers : butcher.
Definitions
[ˈbʊtʃə], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop
- a person who kills people indiscriminately or brutally
(e.g: a callous butcher of men)
- a person selling refreshments, newspapers, etc. on a train or in a theatre
Phrases:
- as fit as a butcher's dog
- have a butcher's
Origin
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Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French bochier, from boc ‘he-goat’, probably of the same ultimate origin as buck
[ˈbʊtʃə], (Verb)
Definitions:
- slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food
- kill (a person or people) indiscriminately or brutally
(e.g: they rounded up and butchered 250 people)
Phrases:
- as fit as a butcher's dog
- have a butcher's
Origin
:
Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French bochier, from boc ‘he-goat’, probably of the same ultimate origin as buck
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