fleshpot

[flesh-pot]

noun

fleshpots,

places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas.
luxurious and unrestrained living.

a pot or vessel containing flesh or meat.

Nearby words

Origin of fleshpot

First recorded in 1525–35; flesh + pot¹

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Examples from the Web for fleshpots

Dakar had much to offer in the way of civilization's fleshpots.
Black Man's Burden|Dallas McCord Reynolds
She is also, I should imagine, hankering after the fleshpots.
Jacob's Ladder|E. Phillips Oppenheim
Pass on to lesser men who loved the fleshpots and who would buy your charms!
The Call of the Canyon|Zane Grey
There is an anarchic fury about his crying in the wilderness that will win many a man from the fleshpots and chain gangs.
Rosinante to the Road Again|John Dos Passos

I am a very worldly man, John; I sigh for the fleshpots of Egypt.
The Betrayal of John Fordham|B.L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

British Dictionary definitions for fleshpots

fleshpots

pl n often facetious

luxurious or self-indulgent living

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

Word Origin for fleshpots

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

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Word Origin and History for fleshpots

fleshpot

from flesh (n.) + pot (n.1); literally "pot in which flesh is boiled," hence "luxuries regarded with envy," especially in fleshpots of Egypt, from Exodus xvi:3:

Whan we sat by ye Flesh pottes, and had bred ynough to eate. [Coverdale translation, 1535]