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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLESHPOT

A vessel in which flesh is cooked; hence, plenty of provisions. Exodus 16:3.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLESHPOT

FLESHPOT Flesh "pot `, n.

 

Defn: A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked; hence (pl. ),

 

Defn: plenty; high living. In the land of Egypt. .. we sat by the fleshpots, and. .. did eat bread to the full. Ex. xvi. 3.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fleshpots

flesh pots |ˈfleSHˌpäts ˈflɛʃˌpɑts | ▶plural noun places providing luxurious or hedonistic living: he had lived the life of a roué in the fleshpots of London and Paris. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: with biblical allusion to the fleshpots of Egypt (Exod. 16:3 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

fleshpots

flesh |pots |ˈflɛʃpɒts | ▶plural noun places providing luxurious or hedonistic living: he had lived the life of a roué in the fleshpots of London and Paris. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: with biblical allusion to the fleshpots of Egypt (Exod. 16:3 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fleshpot

fl é sh p ò t 名詞 C 1 肉なべ .2 〖the ～s 〗美食, ぜいたくな生活 (をさせてくれる所 ).3 ｟くだけて ｠〖～s 〗歓楽街 .