lion's provider

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lion's provider

  1. The jackal, from its supposed practice of finding prey for the lion.
  2. (figurative) Any humble friend or follower.
    • 1870, Thomas Wright, The bane of a life, volume 2, page 109:
      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?
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