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fat stock

British  

noun

  1. livestock fattened and ready for market

"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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In exchange for high U.S. salaries, fat stock options and a potential pathway to U.S. citizenship, foreign workers endure an application process that is lengthy and uncertain.

From Seattle Times Dec. 4, 2022

This book covers fully the principles of breeding and feeding for both fat stock and dairying type.

From The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Hunt, Thomas Forsyth

His royal highness's fat stock would have fetched unheard of prices, and Alderman Bannister would have been tired of slaying.

From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley

Again, there has of late years been a very considerable improvement in the pig classification at both the breeding and the fat stock shows.

From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Spencer, Sanders

Rain on fired earth makes for fertility, good grain, fat stock and an abundant harvest.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah

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