loaves and fishes
noun
Roget 803:
wealth,
riches,
fortune,
handsome fortune,
opulence,
affluence;
good circumstances,
easy circumstances;
independence;
competence
etc.
(sufficiency)
639;
solvency.
provision,
livelihood,
maintenance;
alimony,
dowry;
means,
resources,
substance;
property
etc.
780;
command of money.
income
etc.
810;
capital,
money;
round sum
etc.
(treasure)
800;
mint of money,
mine of wealth,
El Dorado [Sp.],
bonanza,
Pacatolus,
Golconda,
Potosi.
long purse,
full purse,
well lined purse,
heavy purse,
deep pockets;
purse of Fortunatus [Lat.];
embarras de richesses [Fr.].
pelf,
Mammon,
lucre,
filthy lucre;
loaves and fishes†.
rich man,
moneyed man,
warm man;
man of substance;
capitalist,
millionaire,
tippybob [Slang],
Nabob,
Croesus,
idas,
Plutus,
Dives,
Timon of Athens†;
Timocracy,
Plutocracy;
Danae.
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Roget 775:
acquisition;
gaining
etc.
v.;
obtainment;
procuration†,
procurement;
purchase,
descent,
inheritance;
gift
etc.
784.
recovery,
retrieval,
revendication†,
replevin [Law],
restitution
etc.
790;
redemption,
salvage,
trover [Law].
find,
trouvaille†,
foundling.
gain,
thrift;
money-making,
money grubbing;
lucre,
filthy lucre,
pelf;
loaves and fishes,
the main chance;
emolument
etc.
(remuneration)
973.
profit,
earnings,
winnings,
innings,
pickings,
net profit;
avails;
income
etc.
(receipt)
810;
proceeds,
produce,
product;
outcome,
output;
return,
fruit,
crop,
harvest;
second crop,
aftermath;
benefit
etc.
(good)
618.
sweepstakes,
trick,
prize,
pool;
pot;
wealth
etc.
803.
subreption
[Fraudulent acquisition];
obreption†;
stealing
etc.
791.
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Roget 734:
prosperity,
welfare,
well-being;
affluence
etc.
(wealth)
803;
success
etc.
731;
thrift,
roaring trade;
good fortune,
smiles of fortune;
blessings,
godsend.
luck;
good luck,
run of luck;
sunshine;
fair weather,
fair wind;
palmy days,
bright days,
halcyon days;
piping times,
tide,
flood,
high tide.
Saturnia regna [Lat.],
Saturnian age;
golden time,
golden age;
bed of roses,
fat city [Coll.];
fat of the land,
milk and honey,
loaves and fishes.
made man,
lucky dog,
enfant gate [Fr.],
spoiled child of fortune.
upstart,
parvenu,
skipjack†,
mushroom.
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