lion's provider

noun

The jackal, from its supposed practice of finding prey for the lion.

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Meanings

noun
  1. The jackal, from its supposed practice of finding prey for the lion.
  2. figurativelyAny humble friend or follower.

    It isn't that Fan must not be a lion's provider — but she mustn't be any one else's but yours. I see now what brings you about our house so much. You want to get hold of Fan and her business and little savings for yourself, do you?

    1870, Thomas Wright, The bane of a life, volume 2, page 109
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