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idiomhave/take a butcher's BrEBrEspoken to look at something:What's that in your hand - let's have a butcher's.Here, take a butcher's at this paper - it says that alcohol is good for you. —see feature box on page 40NoteThis idiom is an example of Cockney rhyming slang. 'Butcher's is a short form of 'butcher's hook', which sounds the same as 'look'.
have a butcher'sTo look at something. The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "butcher's hook" rhymes with "look." Primarily heard in UK. Come, have a butcher's at this—does it look infected to you? take a butcher'sTo look at something. The phrase comes from rhyming slang in which "butcher's hook" rhymes with "look." Primarily heard in UK. Come, take a butcher's at this—does it look infected to you? have a butcher's have a look. British informal Butcher's comes here from butcher's hook , rhyming slang for ‘look’. have/take a ˈbutcher’s (British English, slang) have a look at something: Come over here and have a butcher’s at this!This phrase comes from rhyming slang, in which butcher’s hook stands for ‘look’. |