"Ah, man!" came the chorus from the butcher-block crowd.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pull of the Moon]

A set of knives in a butcher-block holder sat on the counter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kiss the Girls]

He stopped at a small prop that was actually a butcher-block table.    From Wordnik.com.  [Violets Are Blue]

A pink mixer sat on the butcher-block island next to a bag of flour.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quickie]

Eden gestured to the butcher-block table covered with cakes and pies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Honorbound]

There were long counters, a dozen cupboards, and a butcher-block island.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mercy Falls] Reference

A short butcher-block table held a Panasonic fax machine and a Canon copier.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Night Crew]

Sunlight picked out imperfections in the grain of the butcher-block kitchen counters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spin] Reference

I sat at the butcher-block counter in the large Los Altos kitchen as Bob made a salad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Naked in the Boardroom] Reference

The smell of the coffee came from a French-press coffeemaker that sat on a large butcher-block island.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mercy Falls] Reference

She often began her day seated at the butcher-block table positioned in front of the encompassing view.    From Wordnik.com.  [Honorbound]

Adjacent to the sink, just above a butcher-block worktable, hung an impressive array of kitchen knives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cat & Mouse]

I have a butcher-block dining room table IKEA! but love colors and textures and old nooks and crannies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aesthetics] Reference

A Panasonic stood on the butcher-block counter beside the refrigerator, blaring its transistorized heart out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza]

The bag was empty, and she folded it and placed it carefully on the second shelf of the rolling butcher-block cart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Protagonist Unbound] Reference

Nikolai was seated at the butcher-block table, leaning on his elbows, running his fingers through his disheveled hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dance Of Desire]

Vince Valdes/Coldwell Banker The kitchen has limestone countertops, a butcher-block island and a hand-painted tile floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Private Properties] Reference

He threw the bag across the kitchen and slammed his hand down on the butcher-block counter, rattling dishes and serving pieces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secrets Never Told] Reference

We stood on either side of the butcher-block island in her kitchen with the wall of windows overlooking the frozen crescent of the lake.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hanging Tree] Reference

Usha sat across from the kender at a large, butcher-block table used for chopping the heads off chickens and such, or so Tas sup - posed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragons of a Fallen Sun]

Fred Prehost was confident that the 'large-bladed, sharp object" was the Chicago Cutlery knife missing from the butcher-block set in the Greens" kitchen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best Revenge]

If you are retired, rebalancing into stocks could hurt more than it may help; catching a butcher-block full of falling knives is a risk you mightn't be able to afford to take.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Rebalancing' Your Portfolio Can Be a Tough Ride] Reference

We gathered around the butcher-block island in the kitchen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Orangette] Reference

I still daydream about the cherry butcher-block dining room table I once had from them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference

Leftover hemlock was used as a base for a coffee table that Beaty crafted with a butcher-block top.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference

You know the one: white shaker-style cabinets, white subway tile and a big island with the butcher-block top.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

The kitchen features a butcher-block island, slatted wood walls, Ikea cabinets and stainless-steel appliances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business - BostonHerald.com] Reference

The unit's 16-by-11-foot kitchen has track lighting, two windows, butcher-block countertops and 26 oak cabinets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business - BostonHerald.com] Reference

Features: The three-bedroom house has stainless steel appliances, birch cabinetry and butcher-block countertops.    From Wordnik.com.  [msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines] Reference

If only those four-seat butcher-block tables weren't so knee-knockingly small, and the dim lighting had a slightly brighter, sharper focus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philly.com - Latest Videos] Reference

Or perhaps it’s a theme: in the kitchen are two Sub-Zero refrigerators flanking the large butcher-block island.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wall Street: Profiles in Panic] Reference

The butcher-block cutting board.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Girl Blue]

Are butcher-block countertops a good choice?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Choosing counters for a farmhouse kitchen] Reference