free liver
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of free liver
First recorded in 1705–15
Example Sentences
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It is stated in Mr. J. Potter Briscoe’s entertaining volume, “Nottinghamshire Facts and Fictions,” that in the churchyard of Edwalton is a gravestone to the memory of Mrs. Freland, a considerable landowner, who died in 1741; but who, it would appear from the inscription, was a very free liver, for her memorial says:— She drank good ale, strong punch and wine, And lived to the age of ninety-nine.
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A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.
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He was a great horseman and a free liver.
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From his ancestors, most probably the Governor, who, we infer, was a free liver in a tropical climate, he derived the curse of gout.
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As they congregated at Gulfport, many married men brought their wives to motels, some bachelors shared beach cottages�and one free liver installed his mistress in comfortable, convenient quarters.
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