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life of O'Reilly

life of O'Reilly is the alternative spelling of life of Riley.

Meaning of life of Riley

Noun

the life of Riley

  1. (dated, idiomatic) An ideal life of carefree prosperity and luxurious contentment.
    • It's the life of Reilly, but we're not stuck on it at that [...] If I stay her^([sic]) doing this sort of work for another week I won't be fit to work all summer, for I'm getting lazier every day1902 June 24, “Not the "Life of Reilly"”, in Morning Call, Paterson, NJ, page 8

Questions about life of O'Reilly

What is life of O'Reilly the alternative spelling of?
Life of O'Reilly is the alternative spelling of life of Riley.

Words near life of O'Reilly in the dictionary

  1. life mortar
  2. life mortars
  3. life net
  4. life nets
  5. life of its own
  6. life of O'Reilly
  7. life of Reilly
  8. life of Riley
  9. life of the party
  10. life off
  11. life or death

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Adapted from Wiktionary: life of O'Reilly (page history and authors); life of Riley (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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