easy street

or Easy Street

noun

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

Easy Street

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of easy street¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Example Sentences

"At Easy street, if they're lucky enough," she told him lightly.

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Little ads, well written, printed nice and neat, give the joyful merchants homes on Easy Street.

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With two strikes on and only one ball called, Joe was on “easy street” and could afford to “waste a few.”

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The firm was at once as busy as a bee-hive, on "easy street" again, as the expression went, "in clover."

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If he could work this mammoth-mine song and dance with the right people, there'd be money enough in it to put him on Easy Street.

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