Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A market where meat is sold.
- noun Slang An establishment, such as a nightclub, where one looks for a sexual partner.
- noun Slang A location or circumstance, such as an audition, where people are viewed as commodities.
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- noun A market where meat is sold.
- noun idiomatic A place where one goes for a
casual sexual encounter, such as abar (establishment) ornight club . - noun A place or situation plentiful in men, especially
beefcake .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold
Etymologies
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The term meat market 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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