fleshpot
pronunciation
How to pronounce fleshpot in British English:
UK [f'leʃpɒt]
How to pronounce fleshpot in American English:
US [f'leʃpɒt]
Word Origin
- fleshpot (n.)
- from flesh (n.) + pot (n.1); literally "pot in which flesh is boiled," hence "luxuries regarded with envy," especially in fleshpots of Egypt, from Exodus xvi:3: Whan we sat by ye Flesh pottes, and had bred ynough to eate. [Coverdale translation, 1535]