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domestic happiness
Definition
relating to a home or family
- They had decided that with economy they could still afford the apartment, which Tom, with the domesticity of an elderly cat, had grown fond of.2.2 — Experiments in Convalescence (59% in)
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- I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic.1.4 — Narcissus Off Duty (**% in)
- These domestic pilgrimages were invariably in state; two maids, the private car, or Mr. Blaine when available, and very often a physician.1.1 — Amory, Son of Beatrice (9% in)
- I warned you in my last that the lack of money to do the things one wants to makes one quite prosy and domestic, but there is still plenty for everything if we are not too extravagant.1.3 — The Egotist Considers (39% in)
- Here were domestic oceans And a sky that we might reach, Guns and a guarded border, Gantlets—but not to fling, Thousands of old emotions And a platitude for each, Songs in the time of order— And tongues, that we might sing.1.4 — Narcissus Off Duty (79% in)
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