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[booch-er] / ˈbʊtʃ ər /






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“My grandmother would take me for a walk, and we’d stop into the butcher and the international grocery,” See said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Dressed in jeans and fashionable sneakers, Burnham, who lives a few miles away, listened as Peter Cain, a local butcher, told him his Labour Party had become “a little bit complacent.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

It then proceeds to butcher the legal question before it.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

When butcher Asser Levy died in Colonial New York, he had gone from penniless immigrant to successful businessperson by meeting the booming city’s food needs.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

“My parents have a butcher shop,” the boy breathed.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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