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Gravy train

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An occupation or situation that generates considerable income or benefits while requiring little effort and carrying little risk. idiomatic

    "Johnston claims that Reuben Nelson and another tall negro were in New Haven the night of the escape and that they broke into the lockup. Johnson further states that the next day Nelson laughingly told him that the New Haven lockup was ‘a gravy train’."

  2. 2
    income obtained with a minimum of effort wordnet

Etymology

Said to be originally US railroad slang, referring to an easy, short haul that paid well. The word gravy by itself was used prior to any attestable use of gravy train to characterize cushy situations. Note also phrases with hog train as a possible source of analogy.

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