POUND OF FLESH meaning: Debt payment harshly exacted metaphor

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pound of flesh: Merriam-Webster
pound of flesh: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
pound of flesh: Collins English Dictionary
pound of flesh: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
pound of flesh: Wiktionary
pound of flesh: Dictionary.com
Pound of Flesh (disambiguation), Pound of Flesh (film), Pound of Flesh, Pound of flesh: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Pound of Flesh: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
pound of flesh: TheFreeDictionary.com
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pound of flesh)

▸ noun: (idiomatic, sensitive) Something which is owed and which will be hurtful or difficult to provide; a debt owed to someone who is merciless and demanding.

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pain, penance, passion, burden, dette, owings, last, pownd, Payne, perpession, more...

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