ももんじ屋や

noun

Edo-period game-meat vendor; butcher

Archaic term for a shop or person selling meat from large game animals such as deer or boar during the Edo period. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.

See also: ももんじい

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、ももんじ屋やで鹿しかや猪いのししの肉にくを売うっていた。

  In the Edo period, game-meat vendors sold deer and boar meat.