butcher's
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See also: butchers
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
butcher + -’s, presumably abbreviation of butcher’s shop or similar; compare greengrocer’s etc.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
butcher’s (uncountable)
- (UK) Synonym of butchershop
- (UK, Australia, 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!
- Astonishing, look at this woman's breasts printed in The Sun!
Synonyms[edit]
- (shop): (US) butcher shop, (UK) butcher’s shop
- (look): dekko, gander, geek, look, squizz
Translations[edit]
butchershop — see butchershop