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View synonyms for dead meat
dead meat
noun
- Slang. a person or thing that is dead, doomed, or beyond recovery.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dead meat1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
Obviously state Republicans looked at that 2008 number and thought "if they do something like that again, we're dead meat."
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Where would the poor make a profit out of their dead meat without me?
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The destruction of live stock was something more to them than lost property, than dead meat.
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Attracted by the effluvia from the dead meat, the bluebottles haunt my laboratory, the windows of which are always open.
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They are eagerly eaten by the fish, which appear to thrive on them better than on dead meat.
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There are also extensive lairages for live-stock, and cold storage for dead meat.
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