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fat of the land

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fat of the land
Pharaoh offers Joseph’s family Egypt’s plenty. [O.T.: Genesis 45:18]
See : Luxury
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Bounderby's retreat, where, notwithstanding her anchorite turn of mind based upon her becoming consciousness of her altered station, she resigned herself with noble fortitude to lodging, as one may say, in clover, and feeding on the fat of the land.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
We have been living upon the fat of the land, Ahm, having shown us the edible fruits, tubers and herbs, and twice a week we go out after fresh meat.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
He slept o'nights on the scrubbing cushion in the back porch and lived on the fat of the land.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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