pork butcher
- noun
- /pɔrk ˈbʊtʃər/
:
carnicero de cerdo
- The pork butcher prepared my order with fresh cuts of meat.
Examples
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Our neighborhood pork butcher makes the best bacon in town.
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The only outstanding difference between the two populations is the preponderance of native-born Antigua women among pork butchers, perhaps suggesting that influence at the slaughterhouse may be important in getting access to this particular specialty.
Academic text (1990) -
On June 3, 1942, she related collecting the remaining quarter of a pound of her oil ration, two or three tickets' worth at the pork butcher's, two or three ounces of butter at a grocer's, and requesting the forms necessary to buy tires at City Hall, because without tires she could not buy a bicycle.
Academic text (2006) -
I bought some sausages from the local pork butcher for the barbecue.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who cuts and sells meat
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2.4
A person who slices and trims meat for sale in shops
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6.8
A man who sells meat in a shop or at a market
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'pork' (edible pig meat) + 'butcher' (a person who prepares/sells meat). This noun–noun compound indicates a butcher who specializes in pork and follows a common, cross-linguistic compositional pattern, so a B1 learner knowing both words should understand it.
Etymology
The name pork butcher comes from the simple picture of a butcher selling pork in a shop. So it means 'a butcher who sells pork and pork products'.