butcherdom
UK/ˈbʊt͡ʃədəm/US/ˈbʊt͡ʃɚdəm/
butcherdom noun: the condition or trade of a butcher.
Noun
butcherdom (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...2014, Sam Bowers Hilliard, Hog Meat and Hoecake: Food Supply in the Old South, 1840-1860, University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, pages 47–48
Origin of butcherdom
From butcher + -dom.
Questions about butcherdom
- What does butcherdom mean?
- Butcherdom means the condition or trade of a butcher.
- What part of speech is butcherdom?
- Butcherdom is a noun.
- How do you pronounce butcherdom?
- Butcherdom is pronounced /ˈbʊt͡ʃədəm/ (UK).
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