LAP OF LUXURY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lap of luxury mean? 

• LAP OF LUXURY (noun)
  The noun LAP OF LUXURY has 1 sense:

1. in conditions of wealth and comfort

  Familiarity information: LAP OF LUXURY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAP OF LUXURY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In conditions of wealth and comfort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

he was raised in the lap of luxury

Hypernyms ("lap of luxury" is a kind of...):

comfort; ease (a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state)

 Context examples 

"No, you won't. You hate hard work, and you'll marry some rich man, and come home to sit in the lap of luxury all your days," said Jo.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I understand, Mother, and quite agree, but I'm disappointed about Meg, for I'd planned to have her marry Teddy by-and-by and sit in the lap of luxury all her days.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She was sick all the next day, and on Saturday went home, quite used up with her fortnight's fun and feeling that she had 'sat in the lap of luxury' long enough.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

You're a blighted being, and decidedly cross today because you can't sit in the lap of luxury all the time.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)