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free and easies

free and easies is the plural of free and easy.

Meaning of free and easy

Noun

free and easy (plural free and easies)

  1. (historical) A tavern offering informal entertainment from amateur and professional performers.
    • "Then, perhaps," says I, taking the gloves out of my pocket, "you can tell me who cleaned this pair of gloves? It's a rum story," I says. "I was dining over at Lambeth, the other day, at a free-and-easy - quite promiscuous - with a public company - when some gentleman, he left these gloves behind...1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC

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Questions about free and easies

What is free and easies the plural of?
Free and easies is the plural of free and easy.

Words near free and easies in the dictionary

  1. free agents
  2. free alongside
  3. free alongside ship
  4. free alongside ships
  5. free and clear
  6. free and easies
  7. free and easy
  8. free as a bird
  9. free as in beer
  10. free as in freedom
  11. free as in speech

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