Meanings
nounbutcher shop (plural butcher shops)
plural butcher shops
- alternativeAlternative spelling of butchershop.
Nick tossed his cigarette and followed the trails of sparks with his eyes and that's when he noticed others across the street. Standing close against a butcher shop window.
2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 53, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 265
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold
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butcher shop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butcher%20shop
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