fleshpotn.
A pot in which flesh is boiled. Chiefly in phrase the fleshpots of Egypt (see Exodus xvi. 3), or with allusion to that phrase: Luxuries or advantages regarded with regret or envy.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > luxurious (of things)
delicatec1400
delicious?c1450
fleshpot1535
lascivious1589
nice1621
mollitious1629
luxurious1650
luxuriant1671
voluptuous1816
de luxe1819
plushy1884
plush1890
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [noun] > luxury or luxuries > regarded with regret or envy
fleshpot1535
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xvi. 3 Whan we sat by ye flesh pottes, and had bred ynough to eate.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. G v From the flesh-pots of Egipt, to the Prouant of the Low-countreyes.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 299 Now well met Egypt..For we have appetite, for thy Flesh pots.
1710 J. Swift Let. 17 Apr. I expect to hear the two ladies lamenting the fleshpots of Cavan-street.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. ii. 581 Law, with its..high honours and deep flesh-pots.
1888 F. J. Goodnow in J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxxviii. 177 The fleshpots of the city administration had therefore greater attractions for him.
Derivatives
fleshpottery n. rare high living, self-indulgence.
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1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. x. 191 A band of dealers in fleshpottery.
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