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!

Synonyms

(shop): (US) butcher shop, (UK) butcher’s shop
(look): dekko, gander, geek, look, squizz

Translations

butcher’s shop

Catalan: carnisseria f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 肉舖 (zh), 肉铺 (zh) (ròupù)
Czech: řeznictví n
Dutch: slagerij (nl) f
Esperanto: buĉejo, viandvendejo
Finnish: lihakauppa (fi)
French: boucherie (fr) f
German: Fleischerei (de) f, Metzgerei (de) f
Italian: macelleria (it) f, beccheria f, carnezzeria f
Japanese: 肉屋 (ja) (にくや, nikuya)
Luxembourgish: Metzlerei f
Macedonian: месарница f (mesárnica)
Norman: bouochel'lie f

Norwegian:
Bokmål: slakterbutikk m

Nynorsk: slaktarbutikk m
Portuguese: matadouro (pt), talho (pt) m, açougue (pt) m
Romanian: măcelărie (ro) f
Russian: мясна́я ла́вка f (mjasnája lávka)
Serbo-Croatian: mesnica (sh)
Sicilian: ghianca (scn) f, vuccirìa (scn) f
Spanish: carnicería (es) f
Turkish: kasap dükkanı
Venetian: becarìa f
Volapük: miticöpöp

Anagrams

Bucherts, Burtches, Schubert, chest rub, chubster

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