meat market

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meat market

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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".

noun meat markets

  1. A market where meat is sold.
  2. colloquial, idiomatic A place where one goes to find a date or a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub. 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.

    Similar: meet market

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

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noun market where meat is sold

Kiswahilisoko la nyama
DeutschFleischmarkt, Fleischerei
Italianomercato della carne

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@misc{meat_market_2026,
  title = {meat market},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meat%20market},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}