butcherliness

adjective

like, or characteristic of, a butcher.

Origin:
1505–15; butcher + -ly

Related forms

butch·er·li·ness, noun

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butcherly
adjective
1.	poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" [syn: botchy]
2.	accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" [syn: gory]

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Butcherliness is always a great word to know.

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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