Meaning of Market-place | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Equivalents

Examples

“The drum ruffed, and the pipe screamed in the market-place, and away I went to see⟳ what was to happen⟳.”

“A few months after the murder⟳ of Don Carlos, the Counts de Horn and d'Egmonte, who had long been detained in prison, notwithstanding their innocence, were put⟳ to death by the cruel Alva in the market-place at Brussels, and the heads of these two patriotic martyrs were exposed upon pikes to the view⟳ of the populace.”

“But there was no man to greet⟳ them in the market-place, and no woman’s face⟳ appeared at the windows—only a bodiless voice went before them, calling: ‘Fallen is Imperial Kôr!—fallen!—fallen! fallen!’”

“Thinglets fit only to wrap⟳ candles in, or make⟳ winding-sheets in Lent for pilchards, or keep⟳ butter in the market-place from melting.”

“It is possible to discern several important sources of patronage and artistic market-places, though it would be inappropriate to suggest⟳ that they were necessarily distinct and unrelated.”

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