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bocherie — [bɔʃʀi] n. f. ÉTYM. 1914; de boche. ❖ ♦ Péj., vx. Caractère du boche. Ensemble des boches … Encyclopédie Universelle
boche — [ bɔʃ ] n. et adj. • 1879; aphérèse de Alboche, altér. de Allemoche, arg. « allemand », d apr. tête de boche « tête de bois » ♦ Vieilli, fam. et injurieux Allemand. Les Boches. Adj. « Des avions boches ont bombardé la gare » (Martin du Gard). ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
butchery — mid 15c., bocherie, from O.Fr. bocherie, from bochier (see BUTCHER (Cf. butcher)) … Etymology dictionary
Butchery — Butch er*y, n. [OE. bocherie shambles, fr. F. boucherie. See {Butcher}, n.] 1. The business of a butcher. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. Shak. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sainte Honorine. 48° 46′ 54″ N 0° 22′ 41″ W … Wikipédia en Français
Sainte-honorine-la-guillaume — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Sainte Honorine. Sainte Honorine la Guillaume Administration Pays France Région Basse Normandie … Wikipédia en Français
butchery — /booch euh ree/, n., pl. butcheries. 1. a slaughterhouse. 2. brutal or wanton slaughter of animals or humans; carnage. 3. the trade or business of a butcher. 4. the act of bungling or botching. [1300 50; ME bocherie < AF, MF boucherie. See… … Universalium
(St.) Nicholas Shambles — On the north side of Newgate Street, between Butcher Hall Lane, now King Edward Street, and Roman Bath Street, called Bull Head Court in the 17th and 18th centuries (Strype, Ed. 1720, I. iii. 195). In Farringdon Ward Within. First mention:… … Dictionary of London
The Shambles — The western end of Newgate Street and the neighbourh6od south to Newgate Market called the Shambles in early times and by Stow (S. 315). The place where the butchers sell their flesh is described as in vico regio versus Newgate in 3 Ed. I.… … Dictionary of London
Trades — It is so universal a practice in the present day for all classes of trades to be carried on in the same street, that one is apt to forget that in early days it was the custom for men of a particular trade to congregate together and to have… … Dictionary of London
