free liver
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of free liver
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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A free liver, diseased viscera, belly very tense, and much swollen; fluctuation perceptible, but the swelling circumscribed; pulse 132.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
Some have imagined that he was a free liver and roysterer, after the fashion of his time, that he lived as Robert Greene and Christopher Marlowe and other dissipated writers.
From William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts by Forestier, A. (Amédée)
My Dad was a young, happy-go-lucky Irish lad, a hard worker, a free liver, and surely improvident.
From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.
Once he had been a jovial fellow, a careless, free liver, towards ladies a gallant cavalier, among men a desperate gambler.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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