dragon market

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noun

informal any of the emerging markets of the Pacific rim, esp Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the PhilippinesCompare tiger market

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Words nearby dragon market

dragonfly, dragon fruit, dragonhead, dragon lady, dragon lizard, dragon market, dragonnade, dragonroot, dragon's blood, dragon's head, dragon's mouth

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Example sentences from the Web for dragon market

It may be fun and it may get them paid, until oversaturation ruins our sense for irony and destroys the market for it.
Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie|Arthur Chu|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Paperback publishers distributed their titles in African-American neighborhoods because it expanded their market base.
How Pulp Fiction Saved Literature|Wendy Smith|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Indeed, Lion Air, with 45 percent of the domestic Indonesian airline market, has swallowed the Fernandes formula whole.
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Expensive day care pushes women out of the labor market while men continue to work outside the home.
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Mr. Bachner found it by wandering through the market and identified a craftsmen here who works in a tiny booth.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When the days were fine, Jean in his basket assisted at the dramatic performance in the market-place.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
They would never connive at this second sowing of the dragon's teeth of Cadmus.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Aristide darted off like a dragon-fly in the sunshine, as happy as a child with a new toy.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Now an automobile was a marvellous dragon for Rosemary, and she could never see too many for her pleasure.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
The declaration of war, or cessation thereof, used to be proclaimed in the market by the High Bailiff.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell

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