Definition of "fleshpot" in Englisch

noun

1. (slang) A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature.

   • 1884, Henry James, "A New England Winter" in The Century Magazine 28 (4–5) (August–September 1884). "This was absurd for a person who... had never before had such unrestricted access to the fleshpots. The fleshpots were full, under Donald Mesh's roof, and his wife could easily believe that the poor girl would not be in a hurry to return to her boarding-house in Brooklyn."

2. (US slang, derogatory) A very attractive woman considered a sex object.

3. (literally) A pot or vessel of flesh.