butchers hook

butchers hook
butch·er's ˈhook
n no pl BRIT (rhyming sl: look) Blick m

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  • Butchers — To have a butchers at something is to have a look. This is a cockney rhyming slang word that has become common. The reason butchers means a lookeven though it doesn t rhyme is because it is short for butchers hook and hook of course, does rhyme …   The American's guide to speaking British

  • butchers — I. /ˈbʊtʃəz/ (say boochuhz) Colloquial –adjective 1. ill. –phrase 2. go butchers (hook) at, to become angry with. {rhyming slang, butcher s hook crook} II. /ˈbʊtʃəz/ (say …  

  • butchers — • Rhyming Slang , short for for butchers hook meaning look . A very common example of rhyming slang, usual examples are give us a butchers or let s av a butchers …   Londonisms dictionary

  • butchers — Noun. A look. From the Cockney rhyming slang butcher s hook. E.g. Let s have a butchers at it before you put it back …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • butcher's hook — noun a) (plural butchers hooks) A hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or meat from. b) Same as butchers …   Wiktionary

  • Butcher's hook — 1) feeling crook; 2) a look, e.g. take a butchers at this …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • Give it a butchers — to look into it (rhymes with butcher s hook) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • butcher's hook — I Australian Slang 1. feeling crook; 2. a look, e.g. take a butchers at this II Cockney Rhyming Slang Look Here take a butcher s at this …   English dialects glossary

  • give it a butchers — Australian Slang to look into it (rhymes with butcher s hook) …   English dialects glossary

  • butcher's — noun a) A butchers shop Gorblimey, would you ’ave a butcher’s at the bristols on this bird in the currant bun! b) A look (short form of butchers hook) Syn: dekko …   Wiktionary

  • gander — 1. noun a) A male goose. Have a gander at what he’s written. b) A fool, simpleton Syn: butchers, butchers hook 2 …   Wiktionary

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