Meanings
nounbutcher's hook (plural butcher's hooks or butchers' hooks)
plural butcher's hooks · plural butchers' hooks
- A hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or meat.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of butcher's.
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Translations
Greek τσιγκέλι
- τσιγκέλι (tsigkéli)hook for hanging carcasses
Spanish gancho de carnicero, gancho de carnicería
- gancho de carnicerohook for hanging carcasses
- gancho de carniceríahook for hanging carcasses
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