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live
verb
▶ live caseo
to cohabit for sexual purposes UK
From “caseo” (a brothel, or overnight hire of a prostitute).- They picked up a pair of judies who were attracted to their soldierly bearing, and lived caseo with them. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 45, 1956
▶ live it up
to have a good time, to enjoy an extravagent lifestyle US, 1951- [T]ens of thousands of scroungers determined to live it up at the expense of the long-suffering taxpayer[.] — The Observer, 3 August 2003
▶ live large
to enjoy a life full of material pleasures US, 1841- He say he gonna be livin’ large. — Stephen Cannell, “King Con”, p. 50, 1997
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 7, Fall 1999
- The video cemented Jay-Z’s reputation as hip-hop’s smoothest hustler, and “big pimpin” became slang for living large. — New Yorker, p. 74, 20 August 2001
- “Yeah, I been livin’ large with that Larry dude.” — J.T. LeRoy, Harold’s End, p. 48, 2004
▶ live on the smell of an oil rag
to live on very meagre means AUSTRALIA, 1903- The poor old Poms can live on the smell of an oil rag but we’re used to a decent standard of living back home. — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 38, 1968
- — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 103, 1968
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