butcher's
See also: butchers
English
Etymology
butcher + -’s, presumably abbreviation of butcher’s shop or similar; compare greengrocer’s etc.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʊtʃə(ɹ)z/
Noun
butcher’s (uncountable)
- (Britain) A butcher’s shop
- (Cockney rhyming slang, Australian rhyming slang) A look (short form of butcher's hook)
- Gorblimey, would you ’ave a butcher’s at the bristols on this bird in the currant bun!
Translations
butcher’s shop
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