Dictionary: LIV – LIZ

► LIVE adv. briskly, fast  → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LIVE AFORE THE FRIEND vb. to live on the charity of friends → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LIVE A LIFE LIKE A TOAD UNDER A HARROW vb. to suffer from ill-treatment or ill-usage → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LIVE AND LET LIVE! int. address to a person head-scratching or body-scratching, with implication of nits, fleas, or lice → 1918
► LIVE AT A LOW SAIL vb. to live humbly → 1602
► LIVE AT HACK AND MANGER vb. to live in plenty → 1818
► LIVE AT RANDOM vb. to live lavishly → 1876 Eng. dial.
► LIVE AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT’S FOOT vb. to be henpecked → 19C
► LIVE BACH(E) vb. to live as a bachelor → 1909 society colloq.
► LIVE EELS n. fields → 1857 rhyming sl.
► LIVE FENCE n. a hedge → 1804 Amer. dial.
► LIVE HIGH OFF THE HOG ► LIVE HIGH ON THE HOG vb. to live a comfortable, secure, and well-off life → 1940 sl., orig. US
► LIVE HORSE n. work additional to that included in the (generally, week’s) bill → 19C Brit. workmen’s sl.
► LIVE HORSE! AND THOU SHALT HAVE GRASS int. well, let’s wait and see! later on, we’ll see → 18C Brit. colloq.
► LIVE IN ADULTERY vb. to live together outside of marriage → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LIVE IN A GLASS-HOUSE vb. to lay oneself open to criticism → 1845 Brit. colloq.
► LIVE IN HIGH COTTON vb. to live well, to prosper; to be in good spirits; to feel important → 1950 Amer. dial.
► LIVE IN ONE’S BOXES vb. to lack a fixed abode, to move from place to place → 20C Brit. colloq.
► LIVE IN ONE’S CHEST(S) vb. of midshipmen: to sleep in a hammock in the gun-room, where one’s chest is kept → L19 Royal Navy sl.
► LIVE IN ONE’S TRUNKS vb. to be at a place for so short a time that it is not worth while to unpack; to live in a confined space, esp. a ship’s cabin → 1931 Brit. colloq.
► LIVE IN SOMEONE’S POCKET vb. to be constantly accessible and instantly available to one → 1930 Brit. colloq.
► LIVE IN TALL COTTON vb. to be prosperous, to do well, to be in a good situation; to have good luck; to be in good spirits → 1984 Amer. dial.
► LIVE IT UP vb. to enjoy oneself; to have fun; to lead a gay, extravagant life → 1951 sl., orig. US
► LIVE LARGE vb. to be extremely, esp. ostentatiously, successful, popular, wealthy, etc. → 1975 Amer. sl.
► LIVE LIKE A PLOVER vb. to live on nothing, to live on air → 1880
► LIVE LIKE PIGS IN CLOVER phr. live in contentment → 1813 Amer.
► LIVE LIKE OLD PAMP vb. to have a well-supplied table → 1893 Eng. dial.
► LIVE LUMBER n. soldiers or passengers on board ship → 1780 Brit. nautical sl.
► LIVELY n. liveliness → 1993 Amer. dial.
► LIVELY AS A BLOWFLY ON A WINTER’S DAY ► LIVELY AS A BLOWIE ON A WINTER’S DAY adj. said of a lethargic person → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► LIVELY AS A CRICKET adj. especially carefree, lively, and full of fun → 1832
► LIVELY AS A GRIG adj. of a person: having a cheerful or lively disposition → 1892 Eng. dial.
► LIVE MEAT WAGON n. an ambulance → 1969 Amer. sl.
► LIVE MESSAGE n. a message in course of transmission; generally plural → 1870 telegraphers’ usage
► LIVE OFF THE LAND vb. to live the life of a tramp → L19 Aust. colloq.
► LIVE OFF THE SMELL OF AN OILED RAG vb. to subsist on a bare minimum of material wants → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► LIVE OFF THE SMELL OF AN OIL RAG vb. to subsist on a bare minimum of material wants → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► LIVE OFF THE SMELL OF AN OILY RAG vb. to subsist on a bare minimum of material wants → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► LIVE-ON n. an attractive young woman → L19 sl.
► LIVE ONE n. 1. a notable, popular, or well-respected person → L19 US sl.
n. 2. a generous and enthusiastic patron of nightclubs, theatres, and places of entertainment, including brothels → 20C US sl. 
n. 3. a winning bet → 20C US sl.
n. 4. the ideal victim for a proposed hoax, fraud, or other deceit → 20C sl., orig. UK criminals’ usage
n. 5. a success, or one who has the potential to be so → 1910 US sl.
n. 6. a generous rich client for a prostitute → 1940 homosexual sl.
n. 7. a gullible person; a dupe → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 8. an enthusiastic participant in a proposed scheme → 1950 sl.
n. 9. an eccentric person, with implications of homosexuality → 1970 sl.
n. 10. someone destined to cause trouble in any situation, usually challenging authority → 1970 sl.
► LIVE ON SUCTION vb. to drink hard → 1904 sl. (Bk.)
► LIVE ON TALLY vb. to live in concubinage; to cohabit without marriage → 1877 sl.
► LIVE ON THE SMELL OF AN OIL(Y) RAG vb. to survive on the barest amount of food, money, etc. → L19 Aust. sl.
► LIVE PERQUEER vb. to be short of money; to live in poverty → 1568 obs.
► LIVER n. an inhabitant, a resident → 1678 Amer. dial.
► LIVER-CHOPS n. a person having very thick and dark lips; a Black person → 1839 US sl., derisive usage 
► LIVER-FACED adj. mean and cowardly → 1834
► LIVER PAD n. 1. a person → 1882 US jocular usage
n. 2. a pancake → 1942 Amer. sl.
► LIVER PADS n. flapjacks → 1942 US jocular usage
► LIVE STOCK n. fleas, body lice, etc. → 1785 sl.
► LIVE STORM n. a gale with rain or snow → 1975 Amer. dial.
► LIVE TALLY vb. to live together as man and wife without being married → 1879 Eng. dial.
► LIVE TO MAKE OLD BONES vb. to live to an old age → 1873
► LIVE TO SCRAT A GREY HEAD vb. to live to be old (scrat = scratch) → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LIVE UNDER THE CAT’S FOOT vb. to be henpecked; to live under a wife’s control → 19C
► LIVE UNDER THE SIGN OF THE CAT’S FOOT vb. to be henpecked → 1678 Eng. dial.
► LIVE WATER n. liquor → 1940 Amer. dial.
► LIVE WITH ONE’S UNCLE vb. to have a kind master → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LIVING adj. of a gale: furious, fierce → 1889 Amer. dial.
► LIVING FENCE n. a hedge → 1860 Amer. dial.
► LIVING FLUTE n. the penis → 18C sl.
► LIVING FOUNTAIN n. the vagina → M17 sl.
► LIVING GALE n. a furious gale → 1889 Amer. dial.
► LIVING OFF THE TIT adj. living in luxury, overly protected → 1960 sl.
► LIVING ON A WORM FARM adj. crazy, eccentric → 1960 sl., orig. US
► LIVING SAUCE n. semen → 1990 sl.
► LIVIN’ LIGHTNIN’ n. a bucking horse of ability → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► LIZA n. a lie; a liar → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIZA JANE n. a lie; a liar → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIZAR vb. to lie → 1909 Amer. dial.
► LIZARD n. 1. a resident of Alabama → 1845 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a worthless animal, esp. a racehorse → 1907 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a long, narrow house, with the narrow end facing the street, and rooms opening on an alley along the side → 1923 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a despicable person → 1927 Amer. sl.
n. 5. the penis → 1969 Amer. dial.
n. 6. a law student at UNC → 1973 Amer. students’ sl.
n. 7. a young woman → 1989 Amer. rap music usage
n. 8. a crawling movement – moving first an arm, then the opposite leg, then the other arm, then the other leg → 1989 Amer. military sl.
► LIZARD STATE n. Alabama → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LIZZIE n. 1. an effeminate young man → 1905 sl.
n. 2. wine from Lisbon → 1934 sl.
n. 3. a saddle horn → 1936 Amer. dial.
n. 4. a lesbian → 1949 sl., chiefly derogatory
► LIZZIE BOY n. an effeminate young man → 1905 sl.
► LIZZIE-RUN-IN-THE HEDGE n. ground ivy → 1940 Amer. dial.
► LIZZY n. 1. a saddle horn → 1936 Amer. dial.
n. 2. an outside toilet → 1969 Amer. dial.