单词 | pork pit |
释义 | > as lemmaspork pit pork pit n. an area of a produce exchange in which dealings in pork take place. ΚΠ 1891 Davenport (Iowa) Morning Tribune 4 Aug. Not content with transferring the business formerly done in the pork pit to his office, it is said that Mr. Armour intends so to manipulate the grain market. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Mar. d12/5 Cattle prices also increased, partly on sympathetic support from the pork pits. 2000 Investor's Business Daily (Nexis) 13 Apr. 19 The supply figure spurred a belly-buying fury in the pork pits Wednesday morning. < as lemmas |
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