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lion's share

 
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–noun
the largest part or share, esp. a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
Origin:
1780–90; prob. after Aesop's fable in which the lion claimed all the spoils of a hunt
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Cultural Dictionary

lion's share

A disproportionately large segment of the whole: “Though we always divided our winnings, somehow Barton always seemed to end up with the lion's share.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
lion's share

  1. n.
    the largest portion. : I earn a lot, but the lion's share goes for taxes.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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