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butcher boy

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(predominantly Australia) A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial crustaceans of the suborder Oniscidea.

A man or boy who works for a butcher shop; a butcher's boy.

(uncommon, slang, euphemistic) A male prostitute.

(US, baseball) Batting at a pitch with a short swing from a bunt position; a slash bunt, a slug bunt.

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A disturbing portrait of a disintegrating mind, The Butcher Boy gave rise to the phrase “bog gothic” and revealed the sordid realities that often lurked behind romanticised depictions of rural Ireland. Source: Internet

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