I would rather throw potatoes to the dunghill than give them to a store bullock, though I would give them to my fatting bullocks.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie
"N.B. Nothing is paid for a dry cow, and therefore tithe in kind must be paid for all fatting cattle.
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs
You need fatting up, of course, and you haven't got much color-" "No," he said, "I haven't much color."
"The Turmoil A Novel"
Booth Tarkington