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lap of luxury, in the
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Idioms and Phrases
In affluent circumstances, equipped with anything money can buy. For example, Jane grew up in the lap of luxury . This expression alludes to the lap as a place of comfort. [Late 1700s]Discover More
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She comes from a good family, she was brought up, if not in the lap of luxury, in the lap of comfort and coziness, and it is the ambition of every good American to furnish his wife at least as good a home as her father gave her.
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It seemed to the shiftless one that he lay in the very lap of luxury, in the very best of worlds.
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