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butch⋅er⋅y

  [booch-uh-ree]
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–noun, plural -er⋅ies.
1. a slaughterhouse.
2. brutal or wanton slaughter of animals or humans; carnage.
3. the trade or business of a butcher.
4. the act of bungling or botching.
Origin:
1300–50; ME bocherie < AF, MF boucherie. See butcher, -y 3
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butch·er·y   (bŏŏch'ə-rē)   
n.   pl. butch·er·ies

  1. Wanton or cruel killing; carnage.

  2. Something botched; a bungle.

  3. The trade of a butcher.

  4. Chiefly British A slaughterhouse.

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