n. The act by which someone or something is butchered; a slaughter or killing.
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n. The business of a butcher.
n. The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
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n. the business of a butcher
Word Usage
"Jessica and Joshua Applestone made their name butchering pasture-raised beef, pork and lamb, and teaching others the art, in their shop in Kingston, N.Y. Now they have a store in Park Slope, Brooklyn."