Definition of Meat market

1. Noun. A shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold.

Exact synonyms: Butcher Shop
Generic synonyms: Shop, Store

Definition of Meat market

1. Noun. A market where meat is sold. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic) A place where one goes for a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or night club. ¹

3. Noun. A place or situation plentiful in men, especially beefcake. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meat Market

meat-eating(a)
meat-packing business
meat-packing industry
meat-space
meat and potatoes
meat cleaver
meat counter
meat draw
meat grinder
meat hook
meat hooks
meat house
meat loaf
meat markets
meat packer
meat packing
meat pie
meat pies
meat puppets
meat raffle
meat safe
meat shield
meat shields
meat space

Literary usage of Meat market

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1881)
"History of the Metropolitan meat market—Newgate Market and its Inconvenience—The meat market described—The Ceremony of Opening —A Roaring Trade—The ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"Where, after petition against granting plaintiff a license to conduct a meat market was presented, city manager referred application for license to city ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Mow the market area there is a railway terminus. To the weit of the meat market another one-third its size was opened in 1875 for poultry and provisions. ..."

4. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1910)
"The grocery and meat market owned by \VR Diamond was visited and found ... One gn> eery and meat market was found good and 1 grocery and meat market fair. ..."

5. London and Its Environs: Including Excursions to Brighton, the Isle of Wight by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1885)
"To the W. of the meat market is the new Market for Pork, Poultry, and Provisions, ... It is by the same architect and in the same style as the meat market, ..."

6. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1907)
"One meat market and one slaughter house were in fair condition. The meat market was not properly lighted and ventilated and the garbage was not removed ..."

7. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1882)
"The London wholesale meat market and the London cattle market are, we suppose, by far the finest institutions of the kind in existence. ..."

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