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butcher
noun a small glass of beer (approx. 200ml) served in SA. Compare glass, handle, middy1, middy2, pony, pot, schooner1, schooner2, seven. [German Becher drinking vessel]
Contributor's comments: I thought this refers to a 200 ml glass for a beer.
Contributor's comments: This is not really used in SA - more common in Vic I thought.
Contributor's comments: The background to this is that the butchers from the old East End Market used to drop in to the pub in their breaks, but they only had time for a small beer, hence a "butcher".
Contributor's comments: [Adelaide informant] Butcher has always been the name for a small glass of beer, smaller than a schooner, larger than a pony.
Contributor's comments: [Adelaide informant] A glass of beer smaller than a schooner: (on a pub crawl, to the bartender) "A butcher of sparkling thanks."