English · Idiom Historical

the trade

Preserved but no longer current.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Usually the liquor trade, more particularly those engaged in the brewing and

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Ngành công nghiệp rượu, đặc biệt là những người làm trong lĩnh vực sản xuất bia

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Examples

President Jefferson did not want the trade ban to last long.Tổng thống Jefferson không muốn cấm vận thương mại kéo dài.

Tatoeba sentence #805465 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “the trade” mean?

Usually the liquor trade, more particularly those engaged in the brewing and

Is “the trade” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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