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Definition of Easy street
1. Noun. Financial security.
Definition of Easy street
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A carefree situation or lifestyle, especially as resulting from possession of wealth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Easy Street
Literary usage of Easy street
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Real Religion; Friendly Talks to the Average Man on Clean and Useful Living by Howard Allen Bridgman (1910)
"... to acquire any property on easy street, but since a few friends and acquaintances
are just now residing there I am somewhat familiar with its life. ..."
2. Walt Mason, His Book by Walt Mason (1916)
"The Long Road THAT roads are long to easy street, is true—all winners preach it;
... The road is long to easy street, too rough for any telling, ..."
3. Favorite Poems from the Best Authors: Humorous Poems by Amy Neally (1894)
"easy street. UNKNOWN. Along the shady thoroughfare, Each open mouth may have its
fill, And all the people living there May use their moments as they will. ..."