street market
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The backbone of the old Cockney kingdom of Lambeth used to be Lambeth Walk, the famous old street market that runs parallel to the river behind Lambeth Road."
- "Buy a bog-standard one at the street market in Souk Chaaria, near the Musee de Marrakech."
- "It was not the custom of London consumers to walk any distance for their food, or any other goods. As a result of this and the inability of the London County Council to establish a single authority to regulate existing markets and establish properly regulated new ones when the need arose, the irregular street market set up in densely populated districts was a feature of the capital. In 1891 there were 112, all unauthorised, and containing 5,292 stalls, of which 65 percent were set aside for the sale of perishable commodities."