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Definition of Fleshpots
1. fleshpot [n] - See also: fleshpot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleshpots
Literary usage of Fleshpots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"... of fleshpots, the artist could not well pronounce him to be any other than "a
most respectable man." Perhaps Mr Jonas Timbrel—for he was allowed to be ..."
2. The Illustrative Lesson Notes: A Guide to the Study of the International edited by John Heyl Vincent, Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, John Thomas McFarland (1906)
"But, no, they remember only the fleshpots of Egypt. Why is it that even Christians,
in times of trial and adversity, not only ungratefully forget all the ..."
3. ... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons by Adolphus Frederick Schauffler (1901)
"We long for " the fleshpots of Egypt," the fancied delights of a life unrestrained
... One way to conquer trouble is to look backward, not to the fleshpots, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1893)
"But they have taken their fleshpots in their hands and gone West. But I think we
ought to want to be with them and wish them all the Godspeed we can, ..."
5. The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by James Anthony Froude (1873)
"Hart I been in your place I should certainly have argued tlie case a little with
Marget, and have been elbow-deep in the fleshpots of Egypt. ..."
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