noun
a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War)
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• Hypernyms: ↑marketplace, ↑market place, ↑mart, ↑market
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noun1. : 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
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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.