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butchery

[booch-uh-ree] / ˈbʊtʃ ə ri /


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Kakuta's restaurant has its own butchery, supplying bear meat dishes to a nearby hotel.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

The butchery signal is clear as well:"At Namorotukunan, cutmarks link stone tools to meat eating, revealing a broadened diet that endured across changing landscapes," said Frances Forrest at Fairfield University.

From Science Daily • Nov. 4, 2025

It was there that I came to see the possibilities in a robust whole-animal butchery program and a more radical approach to sourcing ingredients.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2025

“And at some point we opened the window… and the stench was like a butchery… Like in the market, where it's not very clean.”

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

The butchery continued into 1864, as Abraham Lincoln was reelected after securing the helpful endorsement of abolitionist hero Frederick Douglass.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock