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shambles

shamb·les

UK/ˈʃæmbəlz/ US/ˈʃæmbʌlz/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.
2.

a building where animals are butchered

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Origin

From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”).

Phrases

  • fish shambles

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