CAREFREE
ADJECTIVES
► DON’T-CARE-A DAMN careless, carefree → 1916 US sl.
► DON’T-GIVE-A DAMN careless, carefree → 1927 US sl.
► DON’T-GIVE-A SHIT careless, carefree → 2000 US sl.
► HAPPY AS A PIG IN A PUDDLE carefree and satisfied; extremely happy; content → 1880 colloq.
► HAPPY AS A PIG IN MUCK carefree and satisfied; extremely happy; content → 1828 colloq.
► HAPPY AS A PIG IN SHIT carefree and satisfied; extremely happy; content → 1953 colloq.
► HIGH, WIDE AND HANDSOME happy; carefree → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► LIVELY AS A CRICKET especially carefree, lively, and full of fun → 1832
► LUNCHY carefree, light-hearted, jokey → 1960s US students’ sl.
► MERRY AS A CRICKET especially carefree, lively, and full of fun → 1509
► WANTON carefree; jovial, given to broad jesting, waggish → c1386 obs.
NOUNS
► LIFE IN LONDON used for describing and carefree, easy lifestyle → 1991 Trinidad and Tobago
► LIFE OF REILLY, THE ► LIFE OF RILEY, THE an enviably carefree, enjoyable, or luxurious existence → 1918 colloq.
NOUNS – PERSON
► GIPSIE ► GIPSY ► GYPSY a person who is carefree and free-spirited, or who travels to many places → 1937
► WHALER a person who leads a carefree, idle existence on the banks of a river → 1999 Aust. sl., obs. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► LIVING THE LIFE OF RILEY leading a carefree, luxurious existence → 1911 colloq.
► SINGING WITH HIS TAIL UP said of a happy and carefree person → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
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