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butcher's hooks

butcher's hooks is the plural of butcher's hook.

Meaning of butcher's hook

Noun

butcher's hook (plural butcher's hooks or butchers' hooks)

  1. A hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or meat.
  2. (Cockney, singular, singular-only, slang) Synonym of butcher's.
    Synonyms:
    butcher's

Questions about butcher's hooks

What is butcher's hooks the plural of?
Butcher's hooks is the plural of butcher's hook.

Words near butcher's hooks in the dictionary

  1. butcher's bill
  2. butcher's block
  3. butcher's blocks
  4. butcher's broom
  5. butcher's hook
  6. butcher's hooks
  7. butcher's knife
  8. butcher's knives
  9. butcher's mourning
  10. butcher's paper
  11. butcher's shop

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