fleshpot

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flesh·pot

   [flesh-pot]
noun
1.
fleshpots,
a.
places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas.
b.
luxurious and unrestrained living.
2.
a pot or vessel containing flesh or meat.
Origin:
1525–35; flesh + pot1
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Fleshpot is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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Word Origin & History

fleshpot
lit. "pot in which flesh is boiled," hence "luxuries regarded with envy," especially in fleshpots of Egypt, from Exodus xvi.3:
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"Whan we sat by ye Flesh pottes, and had bred ynough to eate." [Coverdale translation, 1535]
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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