- have a butcher's
- ► have (or take) a butcher's Brit. informal have a look. [ORIGIN: butcher's from butcher's hook, rhyming slang for a «look».]Main Entry: ↑butcher
English terms dictionary. 2015.
English terms dictionary. 2015.
have a butcher's — have/take/a butcher’s british informal phrase to have a look at something Thesaurus: general words meaning to look or not looksynonym to look at someone in a particular wayhyponym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
have/take a butcher's — Brit informal : to look at something This may be what we need. Have a butcher s. • • • Main Entry: ↑butcher … Useful english dictionary
butcher's — n British a look. Nearly always in the phrases have a butcher s or take a butcher s (at this) . From the rhyming slang expression butcher s hook , which is at least eighty years old and is still heard in the unabbreviated form … Contemporary slang
Butcher block — Butcher s block in modern American kitchen. A butcher s block is a style of assembled wood (often sugar maple, teak, or walnut) used as heavy duty chopping blocks, table tops, and cutting boards. It was commonly used in butcher s shops and meat… … Wikipedia
have (or take) a butcher's Brit. — have (or take) a butcher s Brit. informal have a look. [butcher s from butcher s hook, rhyming sl. for a look .] → butcher … English new terms dictionary
Butcher Hollow, Kentucky — Butcher Hollow (also known as Butcher Holler) is a coal mining community located in Johnson County, Kentucky. Its main claim to fame is being the birthplace of country music singer Loretta Lynn, who paid tribute to the larger community in which… … Wikipedia
Butcher ABC — is a Japanese deathgrind band formed in 1993. They have toured with numerous death metal bands, including Impaled, [cite web|url=http://www.obliteration.jp/abc.bio.html |title= Butcher ABC biography |accessdate=2007 06 13] and have toured the USA … Wikipedia
Butcher (Surrey cricketer) — Butcher (dates unknown) refers to an English cricketer who was one of the most outstanding professional bowlers of the late 18th century. No personal details have been traced and knowledge of him is limited to what is in match reports and… … Wikipedia
butcher — ► NOUN 1) a person who cuts up and sells meat as a trade. 2) a person who slaughters animals for food. 3) a person who kills brutally or indiscriminately. ► VERB 1) slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food. 2) kill (someone) brutally. 3) … English terms dictionary
Butcher group — In mathematics, the Butcher group, named after the New Zealand mathematician John C. Butcher by Hairer Wanner (1974), is an infinite dimensional group first introduced in numerical analysis to study solutions of non linear ordinary differential… … Wikipedia