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noxious trades

noxious trades is the plural of noxious trade.

Meaning of noxious trade

Noun

noxious trade (plural noxious trades)

  1. (historical) Any profession that was disreputable because it caused a great deal of pollution. The archetypal example is the tannery.

Questions about noxious trades

What is noxious trades the plural of?
Noxious trades is the plural of noxious trade.

Words near noxious trades in the dictionary

  1. Noxen
  2. noxious
  3. noxious stimuli
  4. noxious stimulus
  5. noxious trade
  6. noxious trades
  7. noxiously
  8. noxiousness
  9. noxiousnesses
  10. noxipitiline
  11. noxiptiline

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