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lap of luxury

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Noun1.lap of luxury - in conditions of wealth and comfort; "he was raised in the lap of luxury"
ease, comfort - a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"


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Come, ma'am, you know you were born in the lap of luxury.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
And Mr Dorrit's daughter that day began, in earnest, her competition with that woman not present; and began it so well that Mr Dorrit could all but have taken his affidavit, if required, that Mrs Sparkler had all her life been lying at full length in the lap of luxury, and had never heard of such a rough word in the English tongue as Marshalsea.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
You're a blighted being, and decidedly cross today because you can't sit in the lap of luxury all the time.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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