1butch·er 
/ˈbʊtʃɚ/ noun
plural butch·ers /ˈbʊtʃɚ/ noun [count] 1 a : someone who cuts and sells meat in a shop
b : someone who kills animals and prepares their meat to be eaten 2 : a shop that sells meat
▪ The town was small but had a grocery store and a butcher (store/shop). 3 : someone who kills a lot of people or animals in a brutal or cruel way
▪ They are a bunch of butchers [=murderers] who gained power by slaughtering their enemies. 4 informal : someone who does something very roughly and badly
▪ That surgeon is a butcher! [=a terrible surgeon]
b : someone who kills animals and prepares their meat to be eaten
▪ The town was small but had a grocery store and a butcher (store/shop).
▪ They are a bunch of butchers [=murderers] who gained power by slaughtering their enemies.
▪ That surgeon is a butcher! [=a terrible surgeon]
have/take a butcher's
Brit, informal : to look at something
▪ This may be what we need. Have a butcher's.
▪ This may be what we need. Have a butcher's.
