fatted calf

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We had no fatted calf to kill; but fortunately could show a tolerable menu, including beef and marmalade.

He is supposed to have come back to the fold of the ‘serious’ writers, and so the fatted calf has been slain for him.

Oh, if the puir prodigal wad return, sae blithely as the goodman wad kill the fatted calf!

No, Thekla, there's no occasion for slaughtering the fatted calf.

The fatted calf should be killed, her boy should make merry with his friends.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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