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

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

I feel people these days can't cope with things the way we did back then - and they've got all the mod cons.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2013

Plans for a revival of the much-loved series were first revealed two years ago when Anderson said the show would be updated using "all the mod cons".

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2013

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