| 单词 | on plush |
| 释义 | > as lemmason (also in) (the) plush a. on (also in) (the) plush: in comfort; in comfortable or prosperous circumstances.In early use sometimes spec. with reference to rail travel (cf. sense A. 3b). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] snug1630 cosy1728 comfortable1770 comfy1829 podded1889 on (also in) (the) plush1911 1911 Warren (Pa.) Evening Mirror 3 May 4/2 The trouble men say this beats riding ‘on the plush’ and waiting half a day for a train to return home after doing a short job. 1923 N. Anderson Hobo xiv. 202 By an unknown writer, ‘The Bum on the Rods and the Bum on the Plush’ states the case of labor against capital in the language and accents of the hobo. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves ix. 226 He was, to all appearances, absolutely on plush. He ate well, slept well, was happily married. a1945 T. Dreiser Newspaper Days (1991) lxiii. 450 To sit ‘on the plush’, as one slangy newspaper friend used to describe it, and gaze forth loftily over passing towns and fields. 1945 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 23 Mar. 20/3 The drive would be aimed chiefly against ‘the boys who live in the plush’ rather than the small taxpayer. 1991 P. J. O'Rourke Parl. of Whores (1992) 25 He was turning into a pol, another spoils-mongering highbinder and wire-puller, one more bum on the plush. < as lemmas |
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