fleshpots

British  

/ ˈflɛʃˌpɒts /

plural noun

1. luxurious or self-indulgent living

2. places, such as striptease clubs, where bodily desires are gratified or titillated

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Etymology

Origin of fleshpots

C16: from the Biblical use as applied to Egypt (Exodus 16:3)

Example Sentences

That’s not how it works, and DeSantis, conservative alumnus of those liberal fleshpots Yale and Harvard, surely knows as much.

From Washington Post

It has given its life to sprout the oases, power the factories and neon the fleshpots of the Southwest.

From Washington Post

My palate organizes itself around fleshpots.

From Salon

Whatever the catalyst, his arc thereafter is one of exhilarating human agency, moral vacuity and abject depravity that intersects with the storylines of our time — failed states, war in Iraq and Afghanistan that washed up footloose vets and ex-military contractors in the fleshpots of Manila as bagmen and muscle for Le Roux’s ventures, and the opioid epidemic.

From Los Angeles Times

“The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl”: Quirky, offbeat and even off-putting at times, “alternative anime” director Masaaki Yuasa’s award-winning feature follows a drunken college student through the fleshpots of Kyoto.

From Los Angeles Times