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meat ring 
a co-operative arrangement for buying and butchering livestock.
See also: beef ring
- 1929 Meat rings could not be run owing to petty jealousies, lack of a good butcher, or because of diseased cattle.
- 1929 Meat rings could not be run owing to petty jealousies, lack of a good butcher, or because of diseased cattle.