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dead meat

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noun

Slang. a person or thing that is dead, doomed, or beyond recovery.

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RELATED WORDS

pushover, toast, vulnerable, lamb, sinecure

Nearby words

dead man's fingers, dead man's hand, dead man's handle, dead march, dead matter, dead meat, dead metal, dead nettle, dead of, dead on one's feet, dead point

Origin of dead meat

First recorded in 1860–65
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for dead meat

  • It will be seen by the following table that the dead-meat trade has become one of the great institutions of the country.

    Cattle and Cattle-breeders|William M'Combie

  • All wrong doubtless; but something should be allowed to one whose ancestors were called ‘dead-meat eaters’ in the Shastras.

    Gipsy Life|George Smith

  • In the dead-meat trade there has now sprung up a new trade and almost a new race of men.

    Cattle and Cattle-breeders|William M'Combie

  • The trade in live sheep and swine, which was formerly important, has mostly been converted into a dead-meat trade.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2|Various