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fat lamb

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From Canyons of the Colorado by John Wesley Powell

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 Ernest Giles

Would you like to be a fat lamb?

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

"Give me a fat lamb," answered the jackal.

From Moorish Literature by René Basset

"Do you know of a nice fat lamb?" the Attorney asked the lad.

From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories by Hamilton Wright Mabie

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