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abattoir

Postby William Hupy » Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:39 pm

Look how this sophisticated appearing word has a common ancestor with battery and abate, meaning to beat down or end in some fashion.
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Re: abattoir

Postby Perry Lassiter » Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:50 pm

For whatever reason, "killing fields" comes to mind. Then as a child, I remember living in olfactory distance of the Ft Worth stockyards.
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