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Definition of Creature comforts

1. Noun. Things that make you comfortable and at ease. "All the comforts of home"

Definition of Creature comforts

1. Noun. (plural of creature comfort) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creature Comforts

Literary usage of Creature comforts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Temperance Movement: Or, The Conflict Between Man and Alcohol by Henry William Blair (1887)
"Lyman Beecher's Description of the "creature comforts" at a Connecticut Ordination in 1810 — Churches and Religious Associations Awake — American Society ..."

2. Rochester and Other Literary Rakes of the Court of Charles II.: With Some by Thomas Longueville (1903)
"AMUSEMENTS and creature comforts were dearer to the literary courtiers than even Ovid. Such having been the case, we propose to consider a few of them ..."

3. El Gringo: Or, New Mexico and Her People by William Watts Hart Davis (1857)
"creature comforts."— Arrival from California.—Supreme Court,—Mode of Administering Justice.—Entertainment.—Address.—Dedication of Church.—Arrival of Mail. ..."

4. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"The knights are continuing their policy of giving free creature comforts to the men in the service, at the same time extending all other branches of their ..."

5. The Temperance Movement: Or, The Conflict Between Man and Alcohol by Henry William Blair (1887)
"Lyman Beecher's Description of the "creature comforts" at a Connecticut Ordination in 1810 — Churches and Religious Associations Awake — American Society ..."

6. Rochester and Other Literary Rakes of the Court of Charles II.: With Some by Thomas Longueville (1903)
"AMUSEMENTS and creature comforts were dearer to the literary courtiers than even Ovid. Such having been the case, we propose to consider a few of them ..."

7. El Gringo: Or, New Mexico and Her People by William Watts Hart Davis (1857)
"creature comforts."— Arrival from California.—Supreme Court,—Mode of Administering Justice.—Entertainment.—Address.—Dedication of Church.—Arrival of Mail. ..."

8. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"The knights are continuing their policy of giving free creature comforts to the men in the service, at the same time extending all other branches of their ..."

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