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Meat market

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A market where meat is sold.
  2. 2
    a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold wordnet
  3. 3
    A place where one goes for a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub. colloquial, idiomatic

    "The rumors about Carnival 7NC’s are legion, one such rumor being that their Cruises are kind of like floating meat-market bars and that their ships bob with a conspicuous carnal squeakatasqueakata at night."

  4. 4
    A place or situation abounding in men, especially beefcake. colloquial

Etymology

The colloquial sense was coined in the 1950s. Sex has been likened to meat since as early as the 16th century, with such references to it as "have a jumble in the giblets" and "have a bit of mutton", not to mention "carnal relations".

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