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.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.

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

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Other terms relating to 'to look, see':
eyeball	Definitions include: to stare at.
scope out	Definitions include: to watch.
peep	Definitions include: a person.
once-over	Definitions include: A visual examination, especially of a person of the opposite sex.
lookie	Definitions include: "look".
track	Definitions include: a place where prostitutes gather to find clients.
eye	Definitions include: to look at.
clock	Definitions include: to body check as in sports (hockey, American football, rugby, etc.)
take a skeet	Definitions include: to take a look.
check	Definitions include: ok, or yes.
catch	Definitions include: to see.
check out	Definitions include: to listen to.
skeet	Definitions include: generally displeasing.
dekko	Definitions include: a look.
pore over	Definitions include: to examine closely.
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cap	Definitions include: a bullet.
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