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Gravy Train Job Slang Kid Asleep Baby Sit Pays

Idiom Gravy Train
Example The kid was already asleep when he went to baby-sit. What a gravy train.
Meaning a job that pays well for little work
Origin This bit of American slang originated in the 1920s, when "gravy" was a slang word for easy money often gotten by illegal means. People who worked on railroad trains made up the phrase "gravy train." It referred to a good-paying job that was easy.

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