“butcher's”

The following 2 entries include the term butcher's.

butcher's-broom

noun

: a European leafless plant (Ruscus aculeatus) that bears stiff-pointed cladophylls and is often cultivated for its twigs which are used for ornament and for whisk brooms

have/take a butcher's

idiom

: to look at something


What did you just call me?

  • brown chihuahua sitting on the floor with squinting eyes looking at the camera
  • Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.
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