An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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The average “Simpsons” episode has between five and 10 minutes of score — which might sound like easy street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2025
“And then when she did prove something, it was never good enough. … That’s a dangerous thing. Everybody’s been taught the same way: ‘If I do this, it’s going to be easy street.’
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
He has been up and down, endured boom and bust, gone from livin on easy street to trailer parks.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2020
But research shows that winning significant prizes is not the ticket to easy street.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2019
Well, jeez, maybe she is sick, but it’s no easy street for me either, being here and taking this guff.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
The joke is that Victoria has no clue that her long run on Easy Street is about to hit a dead end.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2025
If you miss the free bacon, Easy Street has its own attached cafe where you can grab breakfast burritos, sandwiches, burgers and other tasty bites to fuel your perusal.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
There was already a do-it-ourselves, support-our-own sentiment before the West Seattle Bridge went down — one Vaughan acutely felt when dozens of Easy Street merch orders came in daily early in the pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
She made lists of favorite road names, such as Easy Street, Squid Row and Young Love Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
Ten thousand dollars would have done the trick, given me a working outfit along with what I've got that would have put us both on Easy Street.
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
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