Piccadilly butcher

Meaning

Noun

  • A member of the regiment of Horse Guards, or "Royal Blues".

Origin

  • In reference to their savage onslaught upon the crowd on the occasion of the arrest of Sir Francis Burdett at his house in Piccadilly.

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