单词 | butcherdom |
释义 | butcherdomn.ΚΠ 1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni I. vii. iii. 145 Even amidst this gory butcherdom, God, the Everliving, vindicates to man the sanctity of His servant, Death! 2. Butchers collectively (see butcher n. 1). Also: the state or condition of being a butcher; the craft of a butcher. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > [noun] > butchery > butcher > butchers collectively butcheryc1425 butcherdom1857 1857 F. H. Johnson Winter's Sketches South of France & Pyrenees x. 107 Butcherdom in France was just then in a ferment at the government regulations, which peremptorily forbade it to do what it liked with its own. 1898 Girl's Own Paper 20 Aug. 746/1 He has fallen from the opulence of butcherdom..to abject poverty. 1904 Punch 2 Mar. 146/2 Essential to one who wishes to follow the scientific development of butcherdom. 1936 Punch 5 Aug. 167/1 I see that flower Of butcherdom grow wan and sour. 2007 Evening Standard (Nexis) 30 Apr. A flashy, draft-dodging butcher, Neville Turk, is the incarnation of erotic butcherdom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1842 |
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