meatpacking

noun

meat·​pack·​ing ˈmēt-ˌpa-kiŋ How to pronounce meatpacking (audio)
: the wholesale meat industry

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Mass deportations would create shortages and raise prices in industries that employ large numbers of immigrants who lack permanent legal status (plus workers legally here who might be caught up in the dragnets), including agriculture, meatpacking and construction. Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2024 Among other sectors, economists say, Mexican workers play key roles in U.S. agriculture, meatpacking, construction, hotels and restaurants. Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024 Some of the new retailers maintain reminders of the neighborhood’s meatpacking past. Joseph B. Frederick and Cedar Attanasio, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024 Caudalie has a spa in NYC in meatpacking, one spa in Napa, and also one in northern New York. Debbi Kickham, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for meatpacking 

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of meatpacking was in 1857

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“Meatpacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meatpacking. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.

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