hothouse lamb

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noun

a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.

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How to use hothouse lamb in a sentence

The freezer is filled with meat, sides of beef and large pieces of lamb.
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In her white prom dress, Carrie is like a lamb to the slaughter, the blood besmirching her innocence.
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He added that those stars from Hollywood's Golden Age would not have "survived" in the hothouse-fame environment of today.
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I must have had lamb and potatoes 180 times since I have been here.
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Families were sitting picnic-style, meals of lamb and rice on large plates, scooped up with the flat bread nan.
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Young Lamb's big cigar has been out long ago; but he pulls hard at it, wholly unaware of the fact.
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Young Lamb has already paid several visits to Mr. Levison's little table.
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Lamb fills his case, and lights this the ne plus ultra of a soothing weed.
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Lamb with shaking fingers places the required amount in front of him.
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The perspiration stands on young Lamb's face; again his cigar goes out.
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