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butcher

[booch-er] / ˈbʊtʃ ər /






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It was a strange little society of meats that belonged neither behind the butcher counter nor among the premium lunch meats — the thin-sliced turkey in its tidy package, the glossy hunk of honey ham.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

The 87-year-old former butcher has made new friends through the group.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

As orders flood into the restaurant via online food delivery services and a walk-up window, a butcher slices through whole chickens while one cook flips thin slabs of steak and chicken on a grill.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

"Store closed", reads the sign next to Alina's butcher shop.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Did they cancel each other out, or would butcher always trump hero?

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Leicestershire County Council announced the £131m road would be named in honour of the meaty treat, a speciality of the town's butchers, at a ceremony on Thursday.

From BBC May 14, 2026

The government decided not to back a previous proposal for more businesses including butchers and fishmongers to open on the public holiday.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

But he thinks higher supermarket prices might be tempting shoppers into a trip to the butchers.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2025

Manchester Farms Quail – Quail can be surprisingly tough to track down, even at specialty butchers, but Manchester Farms makes this delicious little bird totally accessible for home cooks.

From Salon Dec. 4, 2025

Most of those who worked in the Yard, including the skilled butchers still employed by Swift and his fellow bosses, chose to stay put in Packingtown, a short walk from work.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

The chicken is brought in whole before being butchered and brined in-house.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Busy markets sold butchered meats and fast-wilting vegetables, horse carts clattered, children shouted, and men and women gossiped in coffeehouses and read from printed newspapers.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

The site's characteristics align with several others in central Italy where butchered elephant remains appear alongside small stone tools and modified bones.

From Science Daily Oct. 12, 2025

The camera holds on a tight shot of a tomato being butchered by a dull kitchen knife, juice and seeds spilling out as the fruit splits down its sides.

From Salon Mar. 2, 2025

We never butchered or sold a hog that didn’t belong to us or marked a pig following a sow that didn’t wear our mark.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

Cornell University has clarified that its dorm kitchens are for cooking food — not butchering bears.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

Early humans often used bone implements to sharpen the cutting edges of handaxes and tools used for butchering animals.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

He then breaks into song, trying his hand at the chant and butchering the delivery.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2026

One term for the scams is pig butchering, because the scammers “fatten up” their targets by entangling them in romantic relationships online and dangling bogus financial schemes, then “butcher” them by disappearing with their money.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 14, 2025

“There was a time when butchering a site was regulated.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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