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halcyon
HAL-see-uhn
adjective
peaceful; prosperous
1900Theodore DreiserSister CarrieIn the view of a certain stratum of society, Carrie was comfortably established—in the eyes of the starveling, beaten by every wind and gusty sheet of rain, she was safe in a halcyon harbour.1988J. G. BallardRunning Wild..a sycophantic newspaper editor nostalgic for the halcyon days of the l980s…1999James PattersonPop! Goes the Weasel...I had once confronted a homicidal twelve-year-old during the halcyon days of the Jack and Jill killers…

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