n. Informal.
A spa or resort that specializes in weight loss.
| Dictionary: fat farm |
A spa or resort that specializes in weight loss.
| Idioms: fat farm |
A clinic or resort where people go to lose weight, as in She spends all her vacations at a fat farm but it hasn't helped so far. This is a somewhat derisive term for such an establishment. [Colloquial; 1960s]
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