pleasure : Idioms & Phrases

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At pleasure

  • by arbitrary will or choice. Dryden.
Webster 1913

Gold of pleasure

  • noun annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fiber and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America
    Camelina sativa.
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  • . Name perhaps translated from Sp. oro-de-alegria. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Camelina, bearing yellow flowers. C. sativa is sometimes cultivated for the oil of its seeds.
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lady of pleasure

  • noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
    fancy woman; woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore; tart.
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Play pleasure

  • idle amusement. Obs. Bacon.
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pleasure boat

  • noun a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
    pleasure boat; cruiser; cabin cruiser.
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pleasure craft

  • noun a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
    pleasure boat; cruiser; cabin cruiser.
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pleasure ground

  • noun a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
    funfair; amusement park.
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pleasure principle

  • noun (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
    pleasure-pain principle; pleasure principle.
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pleasure seeker

  • noun someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
    hedonist; pagan.
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pleasure trip

  • noun a journey taken for pleasure
    sashay; expedition; outing; jaunt; junket; excursion.
    • many summer excursions to the shore
    • it was merely a pleasure trip
    • after cautious sashays into the field
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pleasure-pain principle

  • noun (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
    pleasure-pain principle; pleasure principle.
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pleasure-unpleasure principle

  • noun (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
    pleasure-pain principle; pleasure principle.
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sexual pleasure

  • noun pleasure derived from sexual activities
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To take pleasure in

  • to have enjoyment in. Ps. cxlvii. 11.
Webster 1913