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Luxury See also Wealth. angora cat behavior suggests self-indulgence. [Animal Symbolism: Jobes, 96] ancient city on Euphrates river; famed for its magnificence and culture. [Mid. East. Hist.: NCE, 202]
expensive automobile and status symbol. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 83] jewelry firm founded by Alfred and Louis Cartier in Paris (1898). [Fr. Hist.: EB, 10: 177] extremely expensive delicacy of sturgeon’s roe; byword for luxurious living. [Western Culture: Misc.] car sign of the high life. [Western Cult.: Misc.] one of the costliest of furs, made into luxurious coats. [Western Culture: Misc.] expensive Scotch whisky. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 106] indicates wealth and ease. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 350] fabled land of luxury and idleness. [Medieval Legend: NCE, 589] renowned vintage French champagne. [Western Cult.: Misc.] Pharaoh offers Joseph’s family Egypt’s plenty. [O.T.: Genesis 45:18] where Israelites “did eat bread to the full.” [O.T.: Exodus 16:3] promised by God to afflicted Israelites. [O.T.: Exodus 3:8; 13:5] easy and troublefree existence. [Am. Usage: c. 1900 song, “Best of the House is None Too Good for Reilly”; TV: “The Life of Riley” in Terrace, II, 26] expensive automobile and status symbol. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 368] highly prized fur apparel; traditionally associated with wealthy ladies. [Western Culture: Misc.] comfortable, well-appointed railroad sleeping car named for maker. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 210] elegant and luxurious hotel opened in Paris in 1898 by César Ritz; hence, ‘ritzy, putting on the ritz.’ [Fr. Hist.: Wentworth, 429] the millionaire’s vehicle. [Trademarks: Brewer Dictionary, 928] fur of this mammal produces luxurious, soft fur coats. [Western Culture: Misc.] sumptuous hotel in London; at the time of its opening, it set new standards of luxury. [Br. Hist.: EB, 8: 1118]
fantastic land of sumptuous pleasures and idleness. [Ger. Legend: Grimm “A Tale of Schlauraffenland”] expensive fabric used in fine clothing. [Western Cult.: Misc.] jewelry firm founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany; store in New York caters to the wealthy. [Am. Hist.: EB, 10: 177] |
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Ought not every refinement of luxury to be reserved for him? His brief season of elegant luxury would be doubly enjoyable if he could add to it a lady's society. Two panels were entirely hidden under pen-and-ink sketches, Gouache landscapes and Audran engravings, relics of better times and vanished luxury. |
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