meatman
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6.8
A man who sells meat in a shop or at a market
- noun
- /ˈmiːtˌmæn/
- Archaic
:
carnicero
- The meatman at the local market always sells the freshest cuts of beef.
Examples
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On bass, Derek "Meatman" Scully!
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That meatman cocksucker!
Fiction book (1994) -
I visited the meatman to buy some sausages for the barbecue this weekend.
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After checking the prices, I decided to buy my steak from the meatman down the street.
Synonyms
butcher
vsmeatman
98
1.0
A person who cuts and sells meat
specifies a male seller of meat rather than a general meat worker
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word meatman is simply meat + man, like milkman or postman, and it was used for a man who sold or delivered meat. So a meatman today means a man who sells or handles meat.