mod cons

British  

plural noun

1. informal modern conveniences; the usual installations of a modern house, such as hot water, heating, etc

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Example Sentences

Her 200-year-old home has no running water, no central heating, no fridge, nor any of the other mod cons most people would consider essential.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

For all its mod cons, though, the best thing about our mobile home is the view of the Pyrenees, green and gently curvaceous as they descend into the Mediterranean.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2017

He saddles his beautiful palomino, and we expect an open prairie, but he winds up in a bright new kitchen, agleam with mod cons, where Gena Rowlands makes him ham and eggs.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2016

You’ll probably stay in decent two-star accommodation – perfectly comfortable with all mod cons, and it’s included in the price.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2016

The 95 stately rooms are a checklist of classic good taste, with elaborate moldings, gilded furniture, French silks, 16th-century antiques, Limoges porcelain, playful frescoes, and marble, marble, marble, plus mod cons like flat-screen TV's.

From Time Magazine Archive