dead meat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdeadandmeat
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dead
adjective
uk/ded/us/ded/
not ...
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meat
noun
uk/miːt/us/miːt/
the flesh of an animal when it is used ...
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(Definition ofdeadandmeatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thedeadmeatmarket does a great deal of its trade in sections of carcases.
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The prospects for adeadmeattrade and industries dependent upon it are distinctly good.
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We get none of these advantages fromdeadmeat.
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I have no financial interest whatever in thedeadmeattrade, but these figures are astronomical.
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Why are thedeadmeatsalesmen and the distributors coming up from the south?
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Six thousand, eight hundred and fourteen tons ofdeadmeat, and live cattle of the equivalent of about 1,112 tons ofdeadmeat.
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It is absurd to talk about instituting adeadmeattrade as a substitute for this trade.
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There is another phase of the cattle trade that has not been referred to by anybody, and that is thedeadmeattrade.
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That would considerably assist in the economic argument of thedeadmeattrade.
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Does he not agree that it would be kinder to put them down first and then to export them asdeadmeat?
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That showed that there was a bigdeadmeattrade.
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But when stock is sent to adeadmeatmarket for sale on the hook difficulty may arise.
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This is where thedeadmeatmarket comes in.
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There are millions of tons ofdeadmeatimported, and these can be distributed in all parts of the country at short notice.
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There is considerable concern about the rise in the price ofdeadmeat, and the price of beef has gone up by £1 a cwt.
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They will be thedeadmeatmarkets and the livestock markets.
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Is there any increase indeadmeatas well as live meat imports?
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Of course, when it is done correctly, the transport of live animals is more expensive than that of frozen ordeadmeat.
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It is said that the importers concerned will not importdeadmeatif they cannot get live horses.
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