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butcher's knife en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of butcher knife.
   alt of butcher knife
   • There is an increasing sale of butcher’s knives, especially in the South, because of the increase in the last three years of the number of live stock, especially hogs, in that section. 1919 March 30, “Sale of Cutlery Wares. Dearth of Certain Kinds and the Disuse of Others Noted.”, in The New York Times (News section), volume LXVIII, number 22,345, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025, page 11, column 6:

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