cattle market

British  

noun

1. slang a situation or place, such as a beauty contest or nightclub, in which women are felt to be, or feel themselves to be, on display and judged solely by their appearance

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Example Sentences

The dealership on Derby's old cattle market remains closed and Jaguar Land Rover said it was working to return the showroom and service centre to normal.

From BBC

"It was like a cattle market," he tells me.

From BBC

He remembered it being "just a cattle market" and didn't like how the guests were corralled.

From Salon

“Everyone wants to sacrifice an animal in the name of Allah, but they are not able to do so because they’re poor,” said Mohammad Nadir from a cattle market in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, where a few men haggled over bleating sheep.

From Seattle Times

“Everybody is scratching their heads wondering what is going on. We’ve seen extreme volatility in the cattle market,” he said.

From Washington Post