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Definition of Butcher knife
1. Noun. A large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat.
Definition of Butcher knife
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of butchers' knife) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Butcher Knife
Literary usage of Butcher knife
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Illinois, from Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847 by Thomas Ford, James Shields (1854)
"... 1846—Eminent lawyers—Character of litigation—Election by ballot—The keep- dark
system—The " butcher-knife boys "—Influences in the Legislature—Greasing ..."
2. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... nightcap with several holes cut through it, a butcher knife stuck into her
side, one arm broken, and a part of the hand of the other arm cut off. ..."
3. A Treatise on Criminal Law by Francis Wharton, William Draper Lewis (1896)
"... took aim at, and shot the deceased f where he deliberately procured a butcher's
knife and sharpened it for the avowed purpose of killing the deceased ..."
4. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Butcher-knife—conid. 1838 The pack was found to contain the body of a man, ...
1851 He broke into the congregation with a large butcher- knife in his hand. ..."
5. Historia Placitorum Coronae: The History of the Pleas of the Crown by Matthew Hale, Sollom Emlyn (1847)
"... also concerned with her husband in the trade of a butcher,) had sent him to
borrow her husband's butcher knife, which she immediately delivered to him. ..."
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