wood butcher

wood butcher

slang A carpenter or woodworker, especially someone who is inexperienced or unskilled. I'd had a bit of training from my dad, so the company appointed me as their go-to wood butcher whenever they needed something slapped together real quick. Make sure you hire someone who knows what they're doing. I don't want some wood butcher building our new patio!
See also: butcher, wood
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

wood butcher

n. a carpenter. See if you can get a wood butcher to fix this broken panel.
See also: butcher, wood
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • L2P
  • rookie
  • rooky
  • by trade
  • wearing short pants
  • in short pants
  • dad fetch my buttons
  • Dad fetch my buttons!
  • fetch
  • greenhorn
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