creature comforts

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creature comforts - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Creature \Crea"ture\ (kr[=e]"t[=u]r; 135), n. [F. cr['e]ature,
     L. creatura. See Create.]
     1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially,
        any being created with life; an animal; a man.
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              He asked water, a creature so common and needful
              that it was against the law of nature to deny him.
                                                    --Fuller.
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              God's first creature was light.       --Bacon.
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              On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
              Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
                                                    --Milton.
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              And most attractive is the fair result
              Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a
        poor creature; a pretty creature.
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              The world hath not a sweeter creature. --Shak.
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     3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a
        servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.
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              A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. --Shak.
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              Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.
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     Creature comforts, those objects, as food, drink, and
        shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.
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creature comforts - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  creature comforts
      n 1: things that make you comfortable and at ease; "all the
           comforts of home" [syn: comforts, creature comforts,
           amenities, conveniences]