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pipe-and-slipper

pipe-and-slipper adjective: fond of, or relating to, domestic comforts; inclined to remain peacefully at home.

Adjective

pipe-and-slipper (not comparable)

  1. Fond of, or relating to, domestic comforts; inclined to remain peacefully at home.
    • […] the comforts of a pipe-and-slipper existence.1946, The American Magazine, volume 141, page 57
    • At fifty-one Bill has become a pipe-and-slipper suburban squire who actually prefers to play the piano or organ in the company of a few friends to sitting around sports plazas punishing the bottle.1947, Esquire, volume 28, page lviii

Forms of pipe-and-slipper

alternative formpipe-and-slippers

Origin of pipe-and-slipper

From the idea of a man relaxing at home, wearing slippers and smoking a pipe.

Questions about pipe-and-slipper

What does pipe-and-slipper mean?
Pipe-and-slipper means fond of, or relating to, domestic comforts; inclined to remain peacefully at home.
What part of speech is pipe-and-slipper?
Pipe-and-slipper is an adjective.

Words near pipe-and-slipper in the dictionary

  1. pipe union
  2. pipe unions
  3. pipe up
  4. pipe wrench
  5. pipe wrenches
  6. pipe-and-slipper
  7. pipe-and-slippers
  8. pipe-bowl
  9. pipe-bowls
  10. pipe-dream
  11. pipe-dreamed

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