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Definition of fleshpots noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fleshpots

noun

/ˈfleʃpɒts/

/ˈfleʃpɑːts/

[plural] (humorous)

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places supplying food, drink and sexual entertainment
- the fleshpots of the capital
Word Originearly 16th cent.: with biblical allusion to the fleshpots of Egypt (Exod. 16:3).

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