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In latter-day Internationals, when yearlings began to carry off top honors, the Angus, a fast fattener, was again & again the favorite.

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And in latter-day International shows when it became fashionable for yearlings to carry off top honors, the Angus, a fast fattener, was again & again the favorite.

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Worms and other slithery kinds of bait are packaged in ventilated 8-oz. cups with a bedding of moist paper shot through with feed, fattener and conditioner.

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Another cost fattener: Federal Trade Commission rules on discounting, required by the Robinson-Patman Act, involve so much red tape that they discourage wholesalers from giving price breaks to supermarkets that place large orders.

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I am not a fattener of human cattle.

From Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)