riotous living
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Those who eluded Scotland Yard for a while had a hellish time, and it is clear that little of the $6,400,000 that is still unaccounted for went towards riotous living.
From Time Magazine Archive
While the President chuckled, Reporter Wright explained that "Walter Lippmann says that you have been taking the 35� a week that Mark Sullivan sends you . . . and spending it on riotous living."
From Time Magazine Archive
Shakspere was no bar-room brawler, no prodigal spender of time and substance in riotous living.
From Stories of Authors, British and American by Chubb, Edwin Watts
They were content to remain des unis, in M. Rod's phrase, and their union was celebrated by a few weeks of riotous living.
From Our House And London out of Our Windows by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
Finally, he sent a man to Tramworth, suspecting that “Red” had sold the pelts and was dissipating the proceeds in riotous living.
From Lost Farm Camp by Knibbs, Harry Herbert
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