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meatman

American  
[meet-man] / ˈmitˌmæn /

noun

  • meatmen
    plural
  1. a dealer in meat; butcher.


Gender

See -man.

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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of meatman

First recorded in 1560–70; meat + man

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The plight of the meatmen is just one example of the intricate economics of hunger that nearly all new advocates of fasting recognize.

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Last week in the big brick building which the late J. Ogden Armour built to make strong Armour meatmen stronger, the stockholders completed the revolution they began last autumn.

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Dismayed meatmen followed the turncoat from the witness chair, questioning his credentials.

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Ever since beef controls first went on, meatmen have demanded they be lifted.

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Up jumped a dozen meatmen to protest livestock controls and price rollbacks.

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