stockyard
noun
stock·yard
ˈstäk-ˌyärd 
: a yard for stock
specifically
: one in which transient cattle, sheep, swine, or horses are kept temporarily for slaughter, market, or shipping
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Later, when the stockyards were in bloody operation, a portion of the river was called Bubbly Creek because it was filled with animal carcasses and waste that would bubble to the surface.
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Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Visitors may choose to attend one of the country's best rodeos and a daily cattle drive through the stockyard district, or one of the nearly 20 theaters with ballet, opera and symphony orchestra concerts.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 July 2024
The Klan organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close.
After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Visitors may choose to attend one of the country's best rodeos and a daily cattle drive through the stockyard district, or one of the nearly 20 theaters with ballet, opera and symphony orchestra concerts.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 16 July 2024
The Klan organized a boycott of her stockyard, forcing the business to close.
After 1964, Mars largely stopped taking photos but remained obsessed with the murders.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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stockyard
noun
stock·yard
ˈstäk-ˌyärd
: a yard in which livestock are kept temporarily for slaughter, market, or shipping
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