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Definition of butchers

butchers

noun

  • a look. Notes: derived from Cockney rhyming slang: "butcher's hook" - "look." The term has been used since Cockney slang originated, but in Sussex for about two decades.
    Let's have a butchers.

    Last edited on Jun 05 1997. Submitted by Mark Ostrowski from Mongolia on Jun 05 1997.

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