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  easy street

  noun

  a state of wealth, financial independence, or ease.
• Easy Street
  Easy Street

  noun

  (sometimes not capitals) a state of financial security

easy street

American  

Or Easy Street

noun

1. a state of wealth, financial independence, or ease.

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Easy Street British  

noun

1. informal (sometimes not capitals) a state of financial security

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Etymology

Origin of easy street

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

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easy street Easy Street

“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

“When life looks like easy street, there’s danger at your door,” Walton said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2021

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

CAREFREE, Ariz. — Elizabeth H. paused recently outside the post office in this small, high-desert community, not far from where Easy Street meets Nonchalant Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026

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

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

Like several generations of Seattle musicians, Jones’ history with Easy Street goes back a ways.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2022

That's because so far in life you've lived on Easy Street," Lil Artha told him, "and never have known what it meant to miss a single meal.

From Boy Scouts: Tenderfoot Squad or, Camping at Raccoon Lodge by Alan Douglas