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Butcher's
01
a store that provides a variety of meat, mainly beef, pork, and lamb to customers
Dialect
British
British
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Uncountable
Plural form
butcher's
Examples
She stopped by the butcher's to pick up some fresh steaks for dinner.
Butcher's (hook)
01
(Cockney rhyming slang) a look or glance
Slang
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
complex compound
Countable
Plural form
butcher's hooks
What does "butcher's hook" mean in Cockney rhyming slang?
The structure uses the rhyming pair "butcher's hook" to stand for "look," following the typical Cockney pattern of replacing a word with a phrase that rhymes with it. It is used in Cockney rhyming slang (London, UK) to mean a look or glance, often shortened to just "butcher's." People typically say "Take a butcher's at that" or "Let me have a butcher's." The term originated in early 20th century London East End rhyming slang culture, and remains a classic, widely recognized example, still common in casual British speech.
Examples
Take a butcher's at this new phone.
