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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Slang An occupation or other source of income that requires little effort while yielding considerable profit.

Wiktionary

  1. n. An occupation or any lucrative endeavor that generates considerable income whilst requiring little effort and carrying little risk.
  2. n. A gorging on luxuries, since someone else foots the bill.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. income obtained with a minimum of effort

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  • seanahan And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
    We call it riding the gravy train. Nov 24, 2007

  • mollusque Why's that, SonofGroucho? How do you lade your gravy boats? Nov 24, 2007

  • sonofgroucho This conjures up a rather bizarre image for me. Nov 24, 2007

‘gravy train’ has been looked up 453 times, added to 5 lists, commented on 3 times, and is not a valid Scrabble word.