Hence the name of the square, place, or street where such a fair is or was held. (Cf. Mayfair, Haymarket, Cornmarket, etc., as place-names.)
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > for specific type of goods (11) horse-fair1369 Hence the name of the square, place, or street where such a fair is or was held. (Cf. Mayfair, Haymarket, Cornmarket, etc., as place-names.) pot market1580 a market where pottery is sold. pig market1647 A market held for the sale of pigs; a place where such a market is held; (also) the trade in pigs generally. horn-fair1669 ‘a fair formerly held at Charlton in Kent’ (Nares) for the sale of horn goods; used allusively by 17th and 18th cent. writers with reference to… Rag Fair1704 Originally: a market for the sale of old clothes, held at Houndsditch in London; the name of the district occupied by this market (now historical)… pot fair1738 a fair at which pots and other crockery are sold. beast market1779 General use as a modifier, as in beast hunt, beast market, beast skin, etc. Michael fair1813 Scottish regional (eastern). Michael fair n. a livestock fair or market held at or around Michaelmas. pantechnicon1830 With capital initial. A building in Motcomb Street, London, constructed in 1830 to house the exhibition and sale of various arts and crafts, and… slave market1835 a market at which slaves are bought and sold; also figurative, esp. (North American slang) an employment exchange. foal fair1880 |
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