Definition of Gravy train

1. Noun. Income obtained with a minimum of effort.

Exact synonyms: Easy Money
Generic synonyms: Income

Definition of Gravy train

1. Noun. (idiomatic) An occupation or any lucrative endeavor that generates considerable income whilst requiring little effort and carrying little risk. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic politics) A gorging on luxuries, since someone else foots the bill. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravy Train

gravlaks
gravlax
gravlaxes
gravo-
gravo-acute accent
gravogyro
gravothermal
gravs
gravure
gravures
gravy
gravy-eyed
gravy boat
gravy boats
gravy holder
gravy train
gravy trains
gravyless
gravylike
grawlix
grawlixes
gray-collar
gray-haired
gray-headed
gray-leaf pine
gray-scale ultrasonography
gray alder
gray area
gray areas
gray birch

Literary usage of Gravy train

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Climate Change: Debating America's Policy Options by David G. Victor (2004)
"... dreamed up by scheming scientists who want to usurp government control of the economy and lubricate a gravy train of government research funding. ..."

2. Doe's Fixed-price Cleanup Contracts: Why Are Costs Still Out of Control edited by Fred Upton (2001)
"However, we cannot afford a return to the old cost plus gravy train contracting methods, but we also cannot afford to waste hundreds of millions of dollars ..."

3. Changing Modes: New Knowledge Production and Its Implications for Higher by Andre Kraak (2000)
"... which in the present completely unregulated environment can well be considerable: the South African media refer here to the 'consultancy gravy train'. ..."

4. The Letters of Marmot Brown: An Anthology of Letters to a Local Newspaper by Malgorzata Dunning Publishing (2005)
"It just seems that from the housing stock which the council had, a large gravy train will suddenly appear with all the staff earning more and more money and ..."

5. A Stop at Suzanne's: And Lower Flights by Greayer Clover (1919)
"Those who weren't on a "gravy train" of any kind had to drill and stand guard or clean up, and of all jobs that last wins. If you can imagine a camp of one ..."

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