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Smithfield bargains

Smithfield bargains is the plural of Smithfield bargain.

Meaning of Smithfield bargain

Noun

Smithfield bargain (plural Smithfield bargains)

  1. (obsolete) A bargain in which the buyer of something is taken advantage of; a rip-off.
  2. (obsolete) A marriage made for convenience, especially for financial reasons.
    • VVhy, is it not provoking; vvhen I thought vve vvere coming to the prettieſt diſtreſs imaginable, to find myſelf made a mere Smithfield bargain of at laſt— […]1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 84

Questions about Smithfield bargains

What is Smithfield bargains the plural of?
Smithfield bargains is the plural of Smithfield bargain.

Words near Smithfield bargains in the dictionary

  1. smitheth
  2. Smithey
  3. Smitheys
  4. Smithfield
  5. Smithfield bargain
  6. Smithfield bargains
  7. Smithfield ham
  8. Smithfield hams
  9. Smithfield stone
  10. Smithfield stones
  11. Smithhart

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