cattle market

noun

A market where people buy and sell cows.

Meanings

nouncattle market (plural cattle markets)

plural cattle markets

  1. A market where people buy and sell cows.

    The corporation had just opened its new cattle market in Islington, and it had plans for clearances in the Fleet Valley that would make way for the new Farringdon Road, and adjacent meat market.

    2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 27
  2. colloquialderogatoryA place, such as a bar or nightclub, that people visit in order to meet partners for casual sex.
    1 more example

    That such forms of harassment remain prevalent within some mainstream spaces of night-life is remarkable in an era when young female consumers are increasingly important for the night-life industries and where many clubs have tried to move away from the ‘cattle market’ model (Chatterton and Hollands 2003).

    2013, Phil Hubbard, Cities and Sexualities, Routledge, →ISBN, page 140

    Synonyms: meat market

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA place, such as a bar or nightclub, that people visit in order to meet partners for casual sex.

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