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He looked like he had a corner on the local bacteria market.
I found this sentence in my dictionary. But I can't get the meaning of bacteria market.
Will you please help me?
Thanks

chrysanthemum said:

He looked like he had a corner on the local bacteria market.
I found this sentence in my dictionary. But I can't get the meaning of bacteria market.
Will you please help me?
Thanks

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Which dictionary did you find it in and under what heading?

chrysanthemum said:

He looked like he had a corner on the local bacteria market.
I found this sentence in my dictionary. But I can't get the meaning of bacteria market.
Will you please help me?
Thanks

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Do you know what cornering a market means?

corner the market - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

The verb 'corner the market' is common enough, but I can't say I've heard the noun 'a corner on the market'.

I don't know what a bacteria market is, either.

Rover

After 114 posts, chrysanthemum, you should know that 'meaning' is not a helpful thread title. 'Bacteria Market - meaning?' would have been much better.

Rover_KE said:

The verb 'corner the market' is common enough, but I can't say I've heard the noun 'a corner on the market'.

I don't know what a bacteria market is, either.

Rover

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It seems to me that the person is stating in a funny way that the person looks dirty or bacteria-ridden. If he had cornered the bacteria market, then he would have an ample supply of bacteria. That seems to be the point.

I, too, am intrigued as to which dictionary houses this sentence and as part of a definition for which word. Please post a link or tell us which dictionary and what word you were looking up.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English - the word bacteria - other dictionary examples.