| 单词 | thieves' market |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthieves' market thieves' market n. a street market of a type found in many Eastern cities and elsewhere, at which cheap (sometimes, stolen) goods are offered for sale; cf. flea market n. at flea n. Compounds 2a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > street market street market1833 thieves' market1873 flea market1922 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds II. xlvii. 278 If such a lot of diamonds had been through the thieves' market in London, they would have left some track behind them. 1927 B. Diqui Visit to Bombay 62 Null Bazaar is..a big market... An interesting section..is the Chor Bazaar. Chor really means ‘thieves.’ Chor Bazaar, then, means the bazaar of thieves. Probably in the past thieves disposed of their stolen property here. In this bazaar—the Petticoat Lane of Bombay—you can buy secondhand articles of any description.] 1953 S. Bedford Sudden View i. xi. 103 The Thieves' Market at Mexico City..where thieves offer goods for sale during a limited time to give the owners a chance. 1979 P. Driscoll Pangolin xiv. 114 Upper Lascar Row, better known as Cat Street, the thieves' market of Hong Kong. < as lemmas |
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