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butchers' knife

butchers' knife is the alternative form of butcher knife.

Meaning of butcher knife

Noun

butcher knife (plural butcher knives)

  1. A large, sharp knife, used by the butcher for hacking meats.
    • He came after me with a butcher knife.

Forms of butchers' knife

pluralbutchers' knives

Questions about butchers' knife

What is butchers' knife the alternative form of?
Butchers' knife is the alternative form of butcher knife.

Words near butchers' knife in the dictionary

  1. butcherly
  2. butcherous
  3. butchers
  4. Butchers Ridge
  5. butchers' hooks
  6. butchers' knife
  7. butchers' knives
  8. butchers' paper
  9. butchers' tubercle
  10. butchershop
  11. butchershops

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