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▪ I. Smithfield1|ˈsmɪθfiːld|
[The name of a locality in London (orig. Smethefield, f. smethe smooth), long celebrated as a market for cattle and horses, subsequently the central meat-market.]
1. A cattle- or meat-market. rare.
1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 154 Hercules, to whom the Romans dedicated two temples, one of them in the Roman Smithfield or Forum Boarium. 1900N. & Q. Ser. ix. VI. 389/2 In a Welsh paper I have just read that a certain lady..has offered to provide ‘a free library and a Smithfield’ for the town of Newton.
†2. Smithfield bargain, a sharp or roguish bargain, one ‘whereby the purchaser is taken in’ (Grose); also transf., a marriage of interest, in which money is the chief consideration. Obs.
1662J. Wilson Cheats v. v, Is not this better, than a Smithfield bargain? 1710Brit. Apollo No. 77. 3/2 Sure Apollo will not encourage Smith-field Bargains. 1753Richardson Grandison VI. x, The hearts of us women..are pleaded with to rise against the notions of bargain and sale. Smithfield bargains you Londoners call them. 1775Sheridan Rivals v. i, To find myself made a mere Smithfield bargain of at last!
†b. So Smithfield match. Obs.—1
1742Fielding J. Andrews ii. vi, He resolved never to marry his daughter on a Smithfield match; that whoever had love for her to take her, would, when he died, find her share of his fortune in his coffers.
▪ II. Smithfield2 U.S.|ˈsmɪθfiːld|
The name of a town in Virginia, used attrib. to designate a type of ham cured by a special process which originated there.
Properly applied only to hams cured within the corporate limits of Smithfield.
1908Sat. Even. Post 31 Oct. 25/2 Next to singing a hymn, nothing gives him so much pleasure as a Smithfield ham. 1947R. Berolzheimer U.S. Regional Cookbk. 188 Smithfield ham... The hogs fatten rapidly by foraging in the peanut fields after the crop is harvested, special care is taken in curing and smoking. 1973M. R. Crowell Greener Pastures 113 Smithfield ham is truly worth it all. 1977Times 15 Oct. 13/5 Seek out a Virginian friend..and sip mint juleps..until the Smithfield ham and spoon⁓bread are ready. |