1. butchers - Noun
2. butchers - Verb
butchers
plural of butcher
butchers (plural butchers)
Alternative form of butcher's (Cockney rhyming slang).
butchers
third-person singular simple present indicative of butcher
Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death. Jonathan Swift
Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime. Maximilien Robespierre
Nothing in the next-door world of Dachau impinged on the great winter cycle of Beethoven chamber music played in Munich. No canvases came off museum walls as the butchers strolled reverently past, guide-books in hand. George Steiner
Too many butchers spoil the cow. Afghan Proverb
While the butchers were arguing, the cow dropped dead. Afghan Proverb
Who gets married will be happy for a day, who butchers a pig will be happy for a year. Sicilian Proverb