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The sharp-knived butchers cut off thine head, they sever thy neck, they do execution on (?) thee again and again. […] he shall not be, for he is fallen to the fire of the glance of Horus, to the slaughterers and the sharp-knived butchers; they perform their office on him and he is fallen into this evil impotence.
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At the entrance to the market-hall, where sharp-knived butchers were peeling off slices of steak as if they were taking off a wrapper, and where the butter came in primrose mountains, was a woman selling basil a good foot-and-a-half high planted in an old tin can, and scenting the doorway with its enormous leaves.
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He sent silent-knived assassins by night to the Ammonite captains.
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Other cured meats are common too – a shop selling salami and other pork products is known all over Italy as a norcineria, after the town of Norcia, famous for its sharp-knived butchers who once also had a sideline keeping boys’ singing voices high.
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