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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Butch name given to men or boys who behave as if wanting to fight, probably from butcher

butch

 adjective
     
butch informal
1 a woman who is butch looks, behaves, or dresses like a man
2 a man who is butch seems big and strong, and typically male
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