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Where desires are titillated by top-shelf bust
Answer for the clue "Where desires are titillated by top-shelf bust ", 8 letters:
fleshpot
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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:\nWhan we sat by ye Flesh pottes, and had bred ynough to eate. [Coverdale translation, 1535]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fleshpot \Flesh"pot`\, n. A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked. In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and . . . did eat bread to the full. --Ex. xvi. 3. hence, pl. plenty; high living. pl. Places providing opportunity to indulge in amusements ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature n. A place offering entertainment of a sensual or luxurious nature
Usage examples of fleshpot.
Sandy, who had enjoyed the company of a good many long-legged women during his days in the fleshpots of Ealing, ousted the big-bellied beardies and turned the Shrunken Head into a proper music venue.
The thought of finicky Lotte Dietrich, the dour old manhunter Cassius Potter, and laid-back Hector Motlaletsie carousing among the frozen fleshpots of Torngat made me smile.
Who Cleopatra, fleshpot of Egypt, and Cressid and Venus are we may guess.
Eating your groatsworth of mou en civet, fleshpots of Egypt, elbowed by belching cabmen.
They wanted to overthrow President Avispa's honest, low-cost government, so they could loot the public treasury, tax the citizens to bankruptcy for a year or two, then skip to Paris and the fleshpots of Europe for a life of luxury on the proceeds.