fleshpot

[ flesh-pot ]

noun

1. fleshpots,
   1. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement:

      the fleshpots of Las Vegas.

   2. luxurious and unrestrained living.
2. a pot or vessel containing flesh or meat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fleshpot¹

First recorded in 1525–35; flesh + pot ¹

Example Sentences

Instead, his mother scolds him for leaving the family printing business to run a fleshpot.

From New York Times

For a more theatrical glossy eye, use a waterproof eyeliner like Kat Von D Ultra Ink Liner, $20, and top with a glitter-flecked gloss like Flesh Beauty Fleshpot Eye & Cheek Gloss, $20.

From New York Times

Fleshpot, which will retail for $20 at Ulta, is one of a dozen new products that Ms. Wells, 59, and her associates are introducing on June 24 under the brand Flesh, a word even more charged in the glamour business than “nude.”

From New York Times

But she did have to contend with a trademark lawyer who objected to the name Fleshpot, given to a rosy gloss she developed after seeing petroleum jelly daubed on models’ eyelids backstage at fashion shows.

From New York Times

Local transmission—whereby patients contract the virus in America, rather than bringing it home with them—has mostly been confined to the artsy Wynwood district of Miami and the fleshpot of Miami Beach.

From Economist