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Etymology edit

butcher +‎ shop

Noun edit

butchershop (plural butchershops)

  1. (chiefly US) A store that sells meat.
    Synonyms: (UK) butcher's shop, butcher's
  2. (World War IWorld War II military slang) A military hospital or its division where surgeries upon the wounded are performed.[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 27