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butcherly

Variant of butcher

noun

  1. a person whose work is killing animals or dressing their carcasses for meat
  2. a person who cuts up meat for sale
  3. anyone who kills as if slaughtering animals
  4. Informal a person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theaters, trains, circuses, etc.

transitive verb

  1. to kill or dress (animals) for meat
  2. to kill (people, game, etc.) brutally, senselessly, or in large numbers; slaughter
  3. to mess up; botch

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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