butcher
Example Sentences
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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
The second stop is the surplus meat section, tucked in an unassuming refrigerator beside the butcher counter.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
The first Palme winner, “Marty,” a romantic drama starring Ernest Borgnine as a lonely, middle-aged butcher longing for love, won the Oscar for best picture.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
It then proceeds to butcher the legal question before it.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
When the doorbell rings, I run to get it, thinking it’s the butcher delivering the roast pig wrapped in foil.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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