- meat market
- noun Date: 1896 a depersonalizing environment in which people are treated as sexual or economic resources
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
meat market
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meat market — n. Slang a bar, nightclub, etc. characterized by its patrons aggressive pursuit of casual sex … English World dictionary
Meat market — A meat market is, traditionally, a marketplace where meat is sold, often by a butcher. It may also refer to: Meat packing industry As an alternative spelling for meet market, a singles event or location with many single people, especially one… … Wikipedia
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meat market — Australian Slang place where people frequent to seek sexual partners: that bar is a real meat market … English dialects glossary
meat market — meat′ mar ket n. sl. 1) sts a place where potential sexual partners may be met 2) sts a place or situation where people are regarded as commodities • Etymology: 1870–75 … From formal English to slang
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meat market — marketplace in which meat is sold; place where single men and women go to meet a partner for marital purposes … English contemporary dictionary
