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gravy train noun


Definition of gravy train
: a much exploited source of easy money
also : GRAVY sense 2a

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bonus, cumshaw, dividend, donative, extra, gratuity, gravy, lagniappe, perk, perquisite, throw-in, tip
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Examples of gravy train in a Sentence

Steve Bannon's gravy train gets derailed

 They're trying to get on board the gravy train.
 the new tax law offers a real gravy train to certain categories of investors
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Kevin’s gravy train will end soon which probably explains the timing of these hurtful statements...
— Aim;e Lutkin, ELLE, 7 Aug. 2022
Moore’s real threat is to partisan election lawfare and the gravy train that the Elias Law Group, 70 attorneys strong, is riding.
— David B. Rivkin Jr. And Jason Snead, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022
New competition—particularly from Disney+, but also from Amazon and HBOMax—had finally started to cut into the endless gravy train.
— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 June 2022
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First Known Use of gravy train
1914, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gravy train was in 1914
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