butchershop

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

butcher +‎ shop

Noun

butchershop (plural butchershops)

  1. A butcher's shop; a store that sells meat.
  2. (World War I – World War II military slang) A military hospital or its division where surgeries upon the wounded are performed.[1]

Usage notes

This is non-standard in the UK, where the term "butcher's shop" is preferred.

Translations

References
  1. Lighter, Jonathan (1972), “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎, volume 47, issue 1/2, page 27
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