English Explanatory Dictionary

Piccadilly butcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of the regiment of Horse Guards, or "Royal Blues".

Word forms

Piccadilly butcher Piccadilly butchers

Etymology

In reference to their savage onslaught upon the crowd on the occasion of the arrest of Sir Francis Burdett at his house in Piccadilly.

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