lotus land

n. Informal

A place or state of languid contentment.

[After the Land of the Lotus-eaters in the Odyssey.]

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lotus land - an idyllic realm of contentment and self-indulgence

lotusland

kingdom, realm, land - a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"

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