Meaning & use
Fleshpot
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A place offering luxurious, hedonistic, or sexually permissive entertainment; usually used in the plural to describe such a district or lifestyle.
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He left his quiet hometown to seek his fortune in the fleshpots of the big city.
The exposé described the neon-lit fleshpots that lined the old waterfront.
A note on using this word
Originates from the Bible (Exodus), where the Israelites in the desert longed for the 'fleshpots of Egypt,' pots of meat symbolizing comfort and abundance.
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den of vice
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