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butcher's thumb

butcher's thumb noun: a dishonest practice in which a butcher uses their thumb to add extra weight to a scale when weighing meat.

Noun

butcher's thumb

  1. (idiomatic) A dishonest practice in which a butcher uses their thumb to add extra weight to a scale when weighing meat.

Questions about butcher's thumb

What does butcher's thumb mean?
Butcher's thumb means a dishonest practice in which a butcher uses their thumb to add extra weight to a scale when weighing meat.
What part of speech is butcher's thumb?
Butcher's thumb is a noun.

Words near butcher's thumb in the dictionary

  1. butcher's mourning
  2. butcher's paper
  3. butcher's shop
  4. butcher's steak
  5. butcher's stripes
  6. butcher's thumb
  7. butcher's wart
  8. butcherbird
  9. butcherbirds
  10. butcherblock
  11. butcherblocks

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