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creature comfort
Idioms and Phrases
Something that contributes to physical comfort, such as food, clothing, or housing. For example, Dean always stayed in the best hotels; he valued his creature comforts . This idiom was first recorded in 1659.Example Sentences
He spoke to her, asking her whether she had been out, and suggesting roast mutton or some such creature comfort.
The inn at Lairg, overlooking the narrow waters of Loch Shin, was embowered in honeysuckles, and full of creature comfort.
Next to light, the most important creature comfort is water and plenty of it.
Dona sat up in bed, and arrested her tears sufficiently to accept the creature comfort offered her.
And thinking she might be needing some creature comfort they would go over and bend down to listen for her request.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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