meat+market

  • 11meat market — noun Date: 1896 a depersonalizing environment in which people are treated as sexual or economic resources …

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  • 12meat market — n a place where people congregate in the search for sexual partners; a singles bar. The phrase is usually used dismissively of dance halls, clubs, etc. by non par ticipants or ex participants …

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  • 13meat market — noun informal a meeting place such as a nightclub for people seeking sexual encounters …

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  • 14meat market — Noun. A place or event where the objective of a sizeable number of those frequenting is to find sexual partners. Often used with regard to nightclubs …

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  • 15Market Hall and Sheds — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …

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  • 16meat — (n.) O.E. mete food, item of food (paired with drink), from P.Gmc. *mati (Cf. O.Fris. mete, O.S. meti, O.N. matr, O.H.G. maz, Goth. mats food, M.Du., Du. metworst, Ger. Mettwurst type of sausage ), from PIE *mad i …

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  • 17market — [mär′kit] n. [ME < NormFr < L mercatus, trade, marketplace, pp. of mercari, to trade < merx (gen. mercis), wares, merchandise < ? IE base * merk̑ , to seize] 1. a) a gathering of people for buying and selling things, esp. provisions… …

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  • 18Meat — For other uses, see Meat (disambiguation). Varieties of meat Meat is animal flesh that is used as food.[1] Most often, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues, but …

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  • 19market — marketer, n. /mahr kit/, n. 1. an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers market. 2. a store for the sale of food: a meat market. 3. a meeting of people for selling and… …

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  • 20market — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. marketplace, mart (see business); demand. See sale. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A place devoted to sale] Syn. store, grocery store, trading post, mart, shopping mall, shopper s square, emporium, exchange,… …

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