fleshpot

American  

[flesh-pot] / ˈflɛʃˌpɒt /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of fleshpot

First recorded in 1525–35; flesh + pot ¹

Example Sentences

They were presently at table, Clytie in a trance of ecstatic watchfulness for emptied plates, broken only by reachings and urgings of this or that esteemed fleshpot.

From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon

We eat and eat just as if eating were our chief and ever-lasting happiness, and as if life itself lay in a fleshpot.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey