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Gravy train
:: ''For the musical group, see [[Gravy Train!!!!]]''
:: ''For the rock group, see [[Gravy Train (Rock Group)]]''
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"'''Gravy train'''" is an [[Idiom|idiomatic expression]] that is used to refer to any lucrative endeavor. 

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*[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gravy] An etymology for the phrase "gravy train"
*Used in [[Pink Floyd]]'s 1975 song [[Have a Cigar]]: "And did we tell you the name of the game, boy, we call it riding the gravy train."
*Used in [[The Mr. T Experience]]'s song [[With My Looks And Your Brains]]: "With my brains, your looks, your bait, my hooks, we could catch a thousand gravy trains."


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