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Meaning: (idiomatic,often plural)Any smallitemordetailthat makes a person feelcomfortableandat home.My stereo is acreature comfort. As long as I have it I can relax and be happy.On weekends, she enjoyscreature comfortslikesleeping inand long baths.1839,W[illiam] Romaine, “The Believer, Exercised with the Outward Cross, Carries It with Patience, and Finds It a Great Help to Him in His Walk Heavenwards”, inTreatises upon the Life, Walk, and Triumph of Faith, New York, N.Y.: Robinson and Franklin (successors to Leavitt, Lord and Co.),→OCLC,page241:Remember, it is laid upon thee to promote communion with thy God and Saviour.[…]The cross is laid upon thee, a heavy, a bitter cross: it deprives thee of all sensible comfort, and is kept upon thee till thou hast no prospect of any. Hope increature comforthas failed: this is a sweet season for spiritual communion with thy Jesus.1951November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, inRailway Magazine, page760:In the reverse direction,creature comfortswere not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.2002, Barbara Collopy O'Halloran,Creature Comforts: People and Their Security Objects, Boston, Mass.:Houghton Mifflin Company,→ISBN, front flap of dust jacket:Almost everyone has a favorite doll, an aging teddy, or an unraveling blankie—either safely put away in a drawer or still lovingly tucked into bed at night. Adults and children alike treasure thesecreature comfortsbecause they offer security, lifelong friendship, and the smell of home.2007, Jerry[Delmas]Cardwell, Dieter Loibner, “The Amenities”, inSailing Big on a Small Sailboat, 3rd rev. and updated edition, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Sheridan House,→ISBN, page194:[I]t is time to remind you that festooning a small boat with a lot of gear and supporting systems is a two-edged sword. While it might increase convenience andcreature comfort, it also will weigh down the boat, which means it won't sail at peak performance, especially not in light air and it will alter its behavior in a seaway.2012,Andrez Bergen, chapter 6, in100 Years of Vicissitude, Alresford, Hants: Perfect Edge Books,→ISBN:'Are you thinking of making an offering?' Kohana asked, after she finished filling my cup and stood back. /[…][']It's an old Japanese custom to make an offering at a shrine or temple, as a token for departed souls, and often we leave saké.' / 'Oh, I see. Fair enough.' I raised my cup. 'Well, here's to the gods of abundance andcreature comfort.'2012March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, inThe A.V. Club[1], archived fromthe originalon23 March 2012:The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that "The Hunger Games" are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes itscreature comfortsto an oppressive dictatorship.; Alcoholic drink, especiallywhisky.1839, Charles Dickens,Nicholas Nickleby:An empty glass stood on a table before him, which, with his somnolent condition and a very strong smell of brandy and water, forewarned the visitor that Mr Squeers had been seeking, increature comforts, a temporary forgetfulness of his unpleasant situation.
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