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high-living

high-living adjective: enjoying an extravagant lifestyle.

Adjective

high-living (comparative more high-living, superlative most high-living)

  1. (idiomatic) Enjoying an extravagant lifestyle.
    • There is a scene in John Cassavetes's new film, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, where Los Angeles strip-joint owner goes for a stroll with some high-living gamblers.1976, Karen Stabiner, “Cassavetes: Hollywood's Loner”, in Mother Jones, volume 1, number 3, page 62

Forms of high-living

comparativemore high-living
superlativemost high-living

Questions about high-living

What does high-living mean?
High-living means enjoying an extravagant lifestyle.
What part of speech is high-living?
High-living is an adjective.

Words near high-living in the dictionary

  1. high-level language
  2. high-level languages
  3. high-level synthesis
  4. high-lift device
  5. high-lift devices
  6. high-living
  7. high-low
  8. high-low split
  9. high-lows
  10. high-lying
  11. high-maintenance

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