单词 | meat works |
释义 | > as lemmasmeat works meat works n. chiefly Australian and New Zealand (a) an establishment where meat is processed and packed; (b) a slaughterhouse. ΚΠ 1895 T. A. Coghlan Wealth & Progress New S. Wales I. xvi. 367 All the cattle killed, except 27,891 treated in the meat-preserving works, were required for local consumption.] 1897 R. Newton Work & Wealth Queensland 22 (caption) ‘Freezers’ for the meat works. 1948 V. Palmer Golconda ii. 9 Driving them across country to the meatworks at Wyndham. 1987 Stock & Land (Melbourne) 17 Dec. 57/2 The cattle market was..cheaper..due to sheer weight of numbers combined with weak demand associated with some meat works closing down prior to the Christmas holiday. < as lemmas |
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