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Definition of Lap of luxury
1. Noun. In conditions of wealth and comfort. "He was raised in the lap of luxury"
Definition of Lap of luxury
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A position or situation in which one is spoiled and indulged. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lap Of Luxury
Literary usage of Lap of luxury
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of Mrs. Coghlan: Daughter of the Late Major Moncrieffe by Mrs Coghlan, Coghlan (Margaret Moncrieffe) (1864)
"... pede the milder but not lefs meritorious performance of private benevolence :—I
was nurfed in the lap of luxury—my mind ..."
2. Webster's Elementary-school Dictionary: Abridged from Webster's New by Noah Webster (1914)
"... as one sits; the part of the person so covered ; as, on his mother's lap ;
figuratively, place of rearing and fostering ; as, the lap of luxury. lap, ..."
3. Socialism, with Preludes on Current Events: With Preludes on Current Events by Joseph Cook (1880)
"I do a service both to those who slumber in the lap of luxury, and to those who
lie asleep in the benumbing cold of poverty, ..."
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