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Definition of Fattener
1. n. One who, or that which, fattens; that which gives fatness or fertility.
Definition of Fattener
1. one that fattens [n -S] - See also: fattens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fattener
Literary usage of Fattener
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... and hard study, above all for such a purpose, is as sure an anti- fattener as
Banting. out of his soul, can accomplish an amazing deal in twenty years. ..."
2. Atharva-veda Saṁhitā by William Dwight Whitney, Charles Rockwell Lanman (1905)
"The comm. regards Agni as intended by the " fattener. ... O divine fattener, thou
art master of thousand-fold prosperity ; bestow upon us of that; ..."
3. A Treatise on Food and Dietetics Physiologically and Therapeutically Considered by Frederick William Pavy (1881)
"Some of the geese employed fail to turn out so as to allow the fattener's
expectations to be realized. It is known that maize, the article employed in ..."
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