creature comfort
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Something that contributes to physical comfort, such as food, clothing, or housing. For example, Dean always stayed in the best hotels; he valued his creature comforts. This idiom was first recorded in 1659.
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Words nearby creature comfort
creative tension, creativity, creator, creatural, creature, creature comfort, creature comforts, creature feature, creaturely, CREB, crèche
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