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How to pronounce “butcher”

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Pronunciation guide for butcher

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of butcher with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: How to Make the Most of a Finite Life (w/ Oliver Burkeman)joke about how I I'm going to butcher it
Definition summary: A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).

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How to Make the Most of a Finite Life (w/ Oliver Burkeman)

joke about how I I'm going to butcher it

[Noun]
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
(figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
(Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
(informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
(colloquial, archaic, card games) A king playing card.
[Verb]
(transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
(intransitive) To work as a butcher.
(transitive) To kill brutally.
(transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
(transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
[Adjective]
comparative form of butch: more butch

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