slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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One of the first 50 films named to the Library of Congress National Film Registry, the movie centers on a struggling slaughterhouse worker (played by Henry Gayle Sanders) in Watts, California.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
McLagan traces this shift in reputation to the rise of slaughterhouses in England, which led to a greater availability of meat as well as an oversupply of perishable, hard-to-ship offal.
—Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Set in Watts, the film is a lyrical, neo-realist snapshot of a community, family, and slaughterhouse worker all coping with the monotony and powerlessness society forces them to endure.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
All the while, according to Glassdoor salary reporting, Mountaire Farms’ frontline slaughterhouse employees make minimum wage or slightly above it to perform one of the most dangerous jobs in America.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 31 Mar. 2025
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2025
McLagan traces this shift in reputation to the rise of slaughterhouses in England, which led to a greater availability of meat as well as an oversupply of perishable, hard-to-ship offal.
—Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Set in Watts, the film is a lyrical, neo-realist snapshot of a community, family, and slaughterhouse worker all coping with the monotony and powerlessness society forces them to endure.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
All the while, according to Glassdoor salary reporting, Mountaire Farms’ frontline slaughterhouse employees make minimum wage or slightly above it to perform one of the most dangerous jobs in America.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Slaughterhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaughterhouse. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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