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slave market
noun
a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War)
Regions:
United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A.
Hypernyms: ↑marketplace, ↑market place, ↑mart, ↑market

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noun
1. : a market where slaves are exhibited and sold
2. : something that resembles a slave market

imprisoned the free development of ideas almost to the point that we have … created an intellectual slave market — J.A.Brandt

specifically : employment agency

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slave market,
1. a market where slaves are sold.
2. Figurative: »

in the slave markets where teachers are hired (Time).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.