fat lamb

British  

noun

1. a lamb bred for its tender meat, esp for export trade

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Example Sentences

It looked somewhat, in its white, woolly covering, like a small, fat lamb; but it had short legs, hand-like feet, with large claws.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The cook has been successful in bringing down a fat lamb.

From Canyons of the Colorado by Powell, John Wesley

In the obscured moonlight I supposed it was a native dog, but it was white, and looked exactly like a large fat lamb.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

We were very thankful for a large pot of coffee and ginger, sent by a sultan, and a fat lamb.

From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore

Would you like to be a fat lamb?

From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen