Meaning
An informal street market where vendors lay their goods out on the ground or on low sheets and tables, so shoppers must 'bend down' to look through and haggle. A humorous nickname for the cheap open-air markets — clothes, shoes, household bits, bootleg goods — found on downtown sidewalks and roadsides, contrasted with a proper indoor 'plaza'.
Examples
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Mi buy dese sandal cheap a di bend-down plaza.
I bought these sandals cheap at the street market.
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Everything spread pon di grung a di bend-down plaza.
Everything's spread on the ground at the street market.
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Yuh haffi bend dung fi find di bargain.
You have to bend down to find the bargain.
Origin
Jocular: 'bend down' (to browse goods on the ground) + 'plaza' (shopping centre), mocking the makeshift market. See [[higgler]], [[arcade]].
How it’s used
An informal ground-level street market; humorous take on 'plaza'. See [[higgler]], [[arcade]], [[market]].