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slaughterhouse

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slaughterhouse: see abattoir abattoir (ăb'ətwär`) [Fr.], building for butchering.
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; meatpacking meatpacking or meat-processing, wholesale business of buying and slaughtering animals and then processing and distributing their carcasses to retailers. The livestock industry is among the largest in the world.
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We had on board the sloop a large flock of sheep; and after aiding in driving them to the slaughterhouse of Mr.
But by degrees the suffering faded out of his memory and he looked upon his old school with kindly eyes, and called it no longer Slaughterhouse, but Grey Friars, in his books.
The King and Government can't know it's me; I'm sure they can't know it's me; or they never would bring me to this dreadful slaughterhouse.
 
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