live lumber
A term used by sailors, to signify all landsmen on board their ships.
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live off
to survive on something as a source of income
live on
to continue existing or surviving
live on something
to have just enough money for basic needs
live on the edge
To engage in risky or exciting behavior
live one
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
live over the brush
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
live paycheck to paycheck
Have barely enough money to cover expenses until the next paycheck
live rent-free in someone's head
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
live rent-free in someone's mind
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
live rough
to live without comforts or luxuries
live stock
The cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, etc., belonging to a farmer; that part of his "stock in trade" which is alive. In slang use, lice or other parasitical vermin.
live the dream
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Live to fight another day (This saying comes from an English proverbial rhyme, "He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day")
Retreat to regroup and try again later
live to tell the tale
To survive a difficult or dangerous experience
live up
to fulfill expectations or promises
live with
accept and endure a difficult situation
live with somebody
share a home with someone
live-stock
Vermin of the insect kind, especially of that more than usually unpleasant kind found on tramps, &c.
liverpool irishman
Any man born in Liverpool of Irish parents. See IRISH COCKNEY.
liverpool kiss
A headbutt.
liverpudlian
A native of Liverpool.
Livery Companies
The modern representa- tives in the City of London of the old City Guilds (see GUILDHALL), so called because they formerly wore distinctive costumes, or liveries (see above) for special occasions.
living death
A situation or condition that is unbearable or miserable
living end
something or someone extremely good or enjoyable
living proof
Evidence that something is true or possible
living room
a room in a house for relaxation and socializing
Lizard Point
Gaelic, "the point of the high (ard) fort (/&)." Ard appears in a large number of place names — Ardrossan (the Btae high point), Ardwick (the high town), the Ardennes (high valleys), etc., and Lis in Us- more, Liskeard, Ballylesson (the town of the little fort), etc.
lloyd's books
Two enormous ledger-like volumes, placed on desks at the entrance (right and left) of Lloyd's Rooms. They give the principal arrivals, and all losses by wrecks, fire, or other accidents at sea. The entries are written in a fine, bold Roman hand, legible to all.
Lloyd's Register
A register of ships, British and foreign, published yearly. Load Line is another name for the Plimsoll Mark (?.v.) that is carried amidships by every vessel of the Merchant Navy. It shows the maximum depth to which she may be loaded in salt water, in fresh water, at different times of the year, in different oceans, etc.
lo and behold
used to express surprise
load of shit
Something completely untrue or worthless
load up
to fill or equip something with a large amount of something
load up on
to take or accumulate a large amount of something
loaded
Drunk.
loaded for bear
Completely prepared to handle a difficult situation
loaded language
Language used to influence opinion or emotion
loaded word
A word with emotional or ideological connotation
loads of something
a large quantity of something
loaf
To be in bad loaf, to be in a disagreeable situation, or in trouble.
loaf about
To spend time doing nothing or very little
loaf around
To spend time doing nothing or very little
loafer
A lazy vagabond. Generally considered an Americanism. LOPER, or LOAFER, however, was in general use as a cant term in the early part of the last century. LANDLOPER was a vagabond who begged in the attire of a sailor; and the sea-phrase, LAND-LUBBER, was doubtless synonymous.
Loathly Lady
A stock character of the old romances who is so hideous that everyone is deterred from marrying her. When, however, she at last finds a husband her ugliness — the effect of enchantment — disappears, and she becomes a model of beauty. Her story — a very common one, in which sometimes the en- chanted beauty has to assume the shape of a serpent or some hideous monster — is the feminine counterpart of that of "Beauty and the Beast'* (q.v.).
loaver
Money.
loaver
Money. See LOUR.—Lingua Franca.
lob
A till in a tradesman's shop. To frisk a lob; to rob a till. See FLASH PANNEY.
lob
A till, or money-drawer.
Lob's Pound
Old slang for prison, the stocks, or any other place of confinement.
lob-sneaking
Stealing money from tills; occasionally stealing tills and all.
lobb
The head.—Pugilistic.
lobcock
A large relaxed penis: also a dull inanimate fellow.
lobkin
A house to lie in: also a lodging.
loblolley boy
A nick name for the surgeon's servant on board a man of war, sometimes for the surgeon himself: from the water gruel prescribed to the sick, which is called loblolley.
loblolly
Gruel.—Old: used by Markham as a sea-term for grit gruel, or hasty pudding.
loblolly boy
A derisive term for a surgeon’s mate in the navy.
loblolly boy
A surgeon's mate in the Navy, a lad not yet out of his spoon-meat.
lobonian society
A society which met at Lob Hall, at the King and Queen, Norton Falgate, by order of Lob the great.
lobs!
Schoolboys’ signal on the master’s approach. Also, an assistant watcher, an under gamekeeper.
lobscouse
A dish much eaten at sea, composed of salt beef, biscuit and onions, well peppered, and stewed together.
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