Free-and-easy

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of free and easy. alt-of, alternative

    "‘Then, perhaps,’ says I, taking the gloves out of my pocket, ‘you can tell me who cleaned this pair of gloves? It’s a rum story,’ I says. ‘I was dining over at Lambeth, the other day, at a free-and-easy—quite promiscuous—with a public company—when some gentleman, he left these gloves behind him![…]’"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of free and easy. alt-of, alternative

    "He was […] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the fire-dogs in the common room, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
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Synonyms

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casual

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"He was […] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the fire-dogs in the common room, […]"

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