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how the other half lives

how the other half lives noun: the comfortable, luxurious lifestyles of those who are very wealthy.

Noun

how the other half lives (uncountable)

  1. The comfortable, luxurious lifestyles of those who are very wealthy.

Forms of how the other half lives

alternative formhow the other half live

Origin of how the other half lives

From the publication How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York by Jacob Riis, published in 1890. The photojournalistic piece depicted the previously unseen squalor that many immigrants in New York were subjected to in the 1880s.

Questions about how the other half lives

What does how the other half lives mean?
How the other half lives means the comfortable, luxurious lifestyles of those who are very wealthy.
What part of speech is how the other half lives?
How the other half lives is a noun.

Words near how the other half lives in the dictionary

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  4. how the mighty have fallen
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