pig marketn.
/ˈpɪɡ ˌmɑːkɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡ ˌmɑrkət/ 1. A market held for the sale of pigs; a place where such a market is held; (also) the trade in pigs generally.
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society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in other specific articles
pig market1647
lumber-trade1689
oilery1830
whale-trade1840
shoe-trade1850
nitrate trade1871
cannabusiness1980
society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > for specific type of goods
horse-fair1369
pot market1580
pig market1647
horn-fair1669
Rag Fair1704
pot fair1738
beast market1779
Michael fair1813
pantechnicon1830
slave market1835
foal fair1880
1647 Mercurius Electicus 12–19 Nov. 23 This unworthy fellow Lilly: who deserves..to be whipt about the Pig-market.
a1679 R. Wild Benefice (1689) i. 8 A Discourse like that between Dr. Faustus and the Devil, or two or three Men in a Pig-Market.—That's a Dialogue.
1701 Refl. on Jacobite Plot 19 K. James will whip him about the Pig-market for this grand Abuse.
1791 J. Throsby Hist. Antiq. Leicester 406 It might now..be called Market-street, as it leads directly into the market, and the Pig-market is moved thence.
1820 Edinb. Advertiser 29 Dec. 416/4 The pig market, however, was heavy, and little done, owing to a decline in the price of pork.
1898 Dict. National Biogr. LV. 383/1 A pair of pigs of his own breeding to be exposed for sale in the pig-market.
1928 Times 26 Mar. 17/1 The discovery of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Manchester pig market at Salford.
1991 E. Yorks. Village Bk. (BNC) 218 Swine was a place of great importance, with a flourishing pig market.
2. Oxford University slang. The Proscholium or antechamber of the Divinity School at Oxford University. Now historical and rare.
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society > education > place of education > educational buildings > [noun] > college or university buildings > other rooms in college or university
Proscholium1647
pig market1717
gyp room1825
1681 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 517 Note that the Divinity Schoole hath been seldome used since altered and changed (but before 'twas a pig-market).]
1717 Reasons Enabling Protestant Dissenters bear Publick Offices 26 They shall stand two Hours in the Pig-Market in a frosty Morning.
1723 J. Ayliffe Anc. & Present State Univ. Oxf. II. i. 143 The same Penalty is inflicted on the Candidate, who is to stand in the Proscholium or Pig-market..during the whole Time of the Congregation.
1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green v. 40 They made their way to the classic ‘Pig-market’, to await the arrival of the Vice-Chancellor.
1889 ‘Q’ Splendid Spur ii. 12 A brisk shower of hail and sleet drove me to shelter in the Pig Market (or Proscholium) before the Divinity School.
1957 D. Balsdon Oxf. Life 225 Now you are close to two of the most interesting of the recherché features of Oxford, the Apodyterium, and the Pig Market.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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