meat rack

noun

A rack used for storing meat.

Meanings

nounmeat rack (plural meat racks)

plural meat racks

  1. A rack used for storing meat.
  2. idiomaticslangA place where people can meet looking for sexual partners.

    Soon, we got up, walked around the west side — toward the "meat rack" — the gay part of the park. There, it was as if someone had hung a line of marionettes on the railing: the lonesome young homosexuals, legs dangling, looking, waiting for that one-night's sexual connection...

    1963, John Rechy, City of Night, page 48

    Synonyms: meat market

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA place where people can meet looking for sexual partners.

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APA

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Chicago

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