meat marketn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːtmɑːkɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmitˌmɑrkət/

Forms: see meat n. and market n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meat n., market n.

Etymology: < meat n. + market n.

†a. A market where food of any kind is bought or sold. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place > for sale of food

meat market1551

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Jvii Meate markettes: whether be brought not onlye all sortes of herbes, and the fruites of trees with breade, but also fishe.

b. A gathering for the buying and selling of meat; a place where meat is regularly bought and sold. North American: a butcher's shop.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place > for sale of food > for sale of meat or fish

coney-cheaping?a1325

flesh-shamblesa1410

shamblesa1410

poultry1423

butcher rowa1425

poultry market1437

flesh-market1535

fish-shambles1601

Smithfield1647

piscary1706

meat market1722

fish-market-

fish-street-

1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 24 It was not a Meat-Market Day so we had room to sit down upon one of the Butcher's Stalls.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxv. 335 Go to the meat-market of a Saturday night and see the crowds.

1856 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 9 The Christmas meat-markets.

1902 S. Clapin New Dict. Amer. (1968) 273 Meat market, in [New] England, a butcher's shop.

1920 E. Ferber Half Portions ii. 72 They stopped in front of Hengel's meat market, and Hosey went in.

1961 Bible (New Eng.) 1 Cor. x. 25 You may eat anything sold in the meat-market without raising questions of conscience.

1990 S. Dybek Coast of Chicago 126 He'd been a butcher in every meat market in the neighborhood.

1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Sept. ii. 37/1 In the meat market, camel heads hung from rusty hooks.

2. slang. A meeting-place, bar, nightclub, etc., frequented by prostitutes or by people in search of casual sexual partners. In later use also: a dance, party, or sphere of activity, regarded as a ready source of casual sexual contact. Cf. meat n. 6. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel > rendezvous for prostitutes or homosexuals

saddling paddock1876

meat market1896

meat rack1958

1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 296/2 Meat-market,..any rendezvous of public women.

1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 515/1 Meat-market, a rendezvous of harlots.

1957 J. Osborne Entertainer i. 18 Every tart and pansy boy in the district are in that place... It's just a meat-market.

1977 It May 30/3 The commercial gay scene which most gay people are forced to use, not only rips people off financially, but its meatmarket atmosphere tends to keep people isolated and apathetic.

1988 J. Burchill Sex & Sensibility (1992) 27 Men, even in the meat markets of entertainment, do not face the same pressures [as women].

1990 Interview Mar. 40/3 This isn't a meat-market catalogue, These guys want to find their life mate.

3. The economic arena in which commercial dealings in meat are conducted; the state of trade within such an arena.

ΚΠ

1903 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 8 464 Most inimical, however, to the interests of the people is the condition of our national meat market.

1938 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 52 410 When..in the summer of 1934 the fodder shortage threw a large quantity of cattle and pigs on the meat market, the government stepped in as purchaser.

1970 R. W. Pender & V. Ekwood in Q. Rev. Agric. Econ. 23 (title) Developments in the pig industry and factors in the Australian meat market affecting demand for pigmeat.

1998 Grocer 1 Aug. 23/1 Processors and retailers usually resent any EU interference in the meat market.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meat market
释义	meat marketn. Brit. /ˈmiːtmɑːkɪt/, U.S. /ˈmitˌmɑrkət/ Forms: see meat n. and market n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: meat n., market n. Etymology: < meat n. + market n. 1. †a. A market where food of any kind is bought or sold. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place > for sale of food meat market1551 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Jvii Meate markettes: whether be brought not onlye all sortes of herbes, and the fruites of trees with breade, but also fishe. b. A gathering for the buying and selling of meat; a place where meat is regularly bought and sold. North American: a butcher's shop. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place > for sale of food > for sale of meat or fish coney-cheaping?a1325 flesh-shamblesa1410 shamblesa1410 poultry1423 butcher rowa1425 poultry market1437 flesh-market1535 fish-shambles1601 Smithfield1647 piscary1706 meat market1722 fish-market- fish-street- 1722 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack 24 It was not a Meat-Market Day so we had room to sit down upon one of the Butcher's Stalls. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxv. 335 Go to the meat-market of a Saturday night and see the crowds. 1856 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 9 The Christmas meat-markets. 1902 S. Clapin New Dict. Amer. (1968) 273 Meat market, in [New] England, a butcher's shop. 1920 E. Ferber Half Portions ii. 72 They stopped in front of Hengel's meat market, and Hosey went in. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) 1 Cor. x. 25 You may eat anything sold in the meat-market without raising questions of conscience. 1990 S. Dybek Coast of Chicago 126 He'd been a butcher in every meat market in the neighborhood. 1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 12 Sept. ii. 37/1 In the meat market, camel heads hung from rusty hooks. 2. slang. A meeting-place, bar, nightclub, etc., frequented by prostitutes or by people in search of casual sexual partners. In later use also: a dance, party, or sphere of activity, regarded as a ready source of casual sexual contact. Cf. meat n. 6. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > brothel > rendezvous for prostitutes or homosexuals saddling paddock1876 meat market1896 meat rack1958 1896 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang IV. 296/2 Meat-market,..any rendezvous of public women. 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 515/1 Meat-market, a rendezvous of harlots. 1957 J. Osborne Entertainer i. 18 Every tart and pansy boy in the district are in that place... It's just a meat-market. 1977 It May 30/3 The commercial gay scene which most gay people are forced to use, not only rips people off financially, but its meatmarket atmosphere tends to keep people isolated and apathetic. 1988 J. Burchill Sex & Sensibility (1992) 27 Men, even in the meat markets of entertainment, do not face the same pressures [as women]. 1990 Interview Mar. 40/3 This isn't a meat-market catalogue, These guys want to find their life mate. 3. The economic arena in which commercial dealings in meat are conducted; the state of trade within such an arena. ΚΠ 1903 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 8 464 Most inimical, however, to the interests of the people is the condition of our national meat market. 1938 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 52 410 When..in the summer of 1934 the fodder shortage threw a large quantity of cattle and pigs on the meat market, the government stepped in as purchaser. 1970 R. W. Pender & V. Ekwood in Q. Rev. Agric. Econ. 23 (title) Developments in the pig industry and factors in the Australian meat market affecting demand for pigmeat. 1998 Grocer 1 Aug. 23/1 Processors and retailers usually resent any EU interference in the meat market. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1551
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