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单词 butter market
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butter market
butter market n. (a) an area or building in a marketplace designated for the sale of dairy goods and other home produce (now chiefly historical); (now usually) an area or building in a city or town formerly used for this purpose; (b) the economic sector concerned with commercial dealings in butter.
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1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 267 You must conceiue amisse of the shambles, or butter-market vpon her honesty.
1754 R. Denson New Travellers Compan. v. 131 The butter market has nothing remarkable but a square building where goods are weighed.
1849 Maine Farmer 4 Jan. We believe that, especially in our large cities, one of the most active causes of domestic infelicity lies in the fluctuant state of the butter market.
1917 Scotsman 5 Nov. 8/4 At the Carlisle butter market on Saturday there were tumultuous scenes caused by the shortage of butter supplies and an attempt by dealers to buy wholesale.
1992 Holiday Which? Sept. 189/2 The open-sided buttermarket with a fine beamed ceiling, is in the centre of the town.
2004 Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry Outlook (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 27 July 5/2 Butter markets are expected to remain unsettled.
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