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butcherdom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʊt͡ʃədəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈbʊt͡ʃɚdəm/ (General-American)

Etymology

From butcher + -dom.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The condition or trade of a butcher.
    • Opossum certainly was not confined to the Negro diet. Most whites ate the animal and many sought them eagerly. Young ones could be fried, but the preferred method was roasting and serving with sweet potatoes. An ex-slave commented on their gastronomical worth: “but verily there is nothing in all butcherdom so delicious as a roasted ’possum.” 2014, Sam Bowers Hilliard, Hog Meat and Hoecake: Food Supply in the Old South, 1840-1860, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, pages 47–48: