butcher shop

a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.

Origin of butcher shop

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Passing a butcher-shop he stopped and surveyed the array of fish which were on display in the window.

El Diablo |Brayton Norton
Hopeless and dead, Hanneh Hayyeh dragged herself to the butcher-shop.

Hungry Hearts |Anzia Yezierska
The store was a butcher-shop, and one of the principal things they sold, apparently, was sausage.

Outwitting the Hun |Pat O'Brien
Marching to attack such an enemy, so intrenched and so armed, is marching to a butcher-shop rather than to a battle.

The Citizen-Soldier |John Beatty

He raided the butcher-shop, seized the big carving knife, and returned to the battle field.

The Blazed Trail |Stewart Edward White