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lion's share definition

lion's share

the whole thing or, now usually, the biggest and best portion

Etymology: from Aesop's fable in which the lion took all the spoils of a joint hunt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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