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noun
A social event at which people gather to butcher and make food from an animal, especially a pig.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A butchershop, especially one in a French-speaking area, and especially one which specializes in pork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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History
From French boucherie (“butchershop”), and in American usage (for the event), from Cajun French boucherie.
