Jump to content

noxious trade

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=noxious_trade&oldid=42581985"