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the life

g. U.S. slang. the life. Frequently in in the life.

(a) Prostitution; cf. game n. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun]

bordelc1300

prostitution1553

trugging1591

trade1592

putanism1672

street1750

Magdalenism1840

the life1858

profession1888

social evil1901

hustling1924

game1926

sex trade1931

1858 W. W. Sanger Hist. Prostitution xxxiii. 491 I do not like the life. I would do almost any thing to get out of it.

1911 C. B. Chrysler White Slavery iii. 27 The girl was attractive and expressed her willingness to enter the life.

1961 T. I. Rubin In the Life Pref. p. i Through Jennie's eyes we learn about Jennie herself and ‘the life’: prostitution... There is nothing gentle, pretty or nice about ‘the life’.

1976 M. Machlin Pipeline viii. 97 They say I'm too nice a girl to be in the life.

2007 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 11 Mar. bv4 The story is based on five aging prostitutes... With wit, compassion and humor, they struggle to stay ‘in the life’, the only life they know.

(b) Any way of life regarded as illicit or unconventional (esp. that of homosexual people).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > as way of life

the life1916

boho1979

1916 L. E. MacBrayne & J. P. Ramsay One More Chance 94 If it never did pay, why did you so often return to the life [i.e. the criminal underworld]?

1973 C. Milner & R. Milner Black Players (new ed.) i. 10 Players will ask a new acquaintance: ‘How long have you been in The Life?’—meaning, at what age did you leave the ‘square’ or ‘straight’ world.

1977 M. Torres in R. P. Rettig et al. Manny ii. 57/2 All of us had been ‘in the life’ for years, and they just accepted Izzy and me because we handled our [drug] habits pretty well and made a valuable contribution to the organization.

1983 Maledicta 1982 6 135 Gay women are far less promiscuous and in the life than gay men.

2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers iv. 172 Anyway, she became known in the Life as Margy LaMont. Discovered by Carlo Van V., the Ward McAllister of his gay day.

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to the life

a. to the life: with lifelike representation of or resemblance to the original (said esp. of a drawing or painting); with fidelity to nature; with exact reproduction of every point or detail. †Formerly with of. †to set oneself out to the life: to adorn oneself with the utmost pains (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify the person [verb (reflexive)]

preenc1395

prunec1395

prank1546

to set oneself out to the life1604

adonize1611

briska1625

tight1775

to make up1778

tighten1786

smarten1796

pretty1868

tart1938

pansy1946

sharpen1952

primp1959

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > closely (of resemblance) > with lifelike representation

livelyc1405

livinglyc1475

quickly1477

to the quick1531

livelily?1565

to the life1604

naively1640

1604 B. Jonson His Pt. Royall Entertainem. 247 Wherein..the very Site, Fabricke, Strength, Policie, Dignitie and Affections of the cittie were all laide downe to life.

1606 No-body & Some-body sig. D4 Let him be straight imprinted to the life: His picture shall be set on euery stall.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 19 To frame of their own heads as it were with wax a kinde of Mimick Bishop limm'd out to the life of a dead Priesthood.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §12 The shadow or dark representation of that which was to be drawn afterwards to the greatest life.

1678 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (rev. ed.) xix. 268 To reflect upon a Lady..for having set her self out to the life in order to some evil design.

1702 in J. Ashton Social Life Reign of Queen Anne (1882) I. 283 Effigies..Curiously done in Wax to the Life.

a1758 A. Ramsay Some of Contents Ever-green (1761) vii The girnand wyfe, Fleming and Scot haif painted to the lyfe.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 281 I can take off a cat to the life.

1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. x. 199 Where is the coquette that cannot scream to the life?

1887 H. Caine Deemster I. vii. 137 The young rogue, who spoke the home-spun to the life.

1941 ‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman iv. 33 She resembled to the life the stately, arch, sorely put-upon hostess of Animal Crackers.

1988 S. Gray How's that for telling 'em, Fat Lady? ii. 60 There he was, Nathan to the life, sitting at a table with various foods spread in front of him.

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单词	the life
释义	> as lemmas the life g. U.S. slang. the life. Frequently in in the life. (a) Prostitution; cf. game n. 4b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] bordelc1300 prostitution1553 trugging1591 trade1592 putanism1672 street1750 Magdalenism1840 the life1858 profession1888 social evil1901 hustling1924 game1926 sex trade1931 1858 W. W. Sanger Hist. Prostitution xxxiii. 491 I do not like the life. I would do almost any thing to get out of it. 1911 C. B. Chrysler White Slavery iii. 27 The girl was attractive and expressed her willingness to enter the life. 1961 T. I. Rubin In the Life Pref. p. i Through Jennie's eyes we learn about Jennie herself and ‘the life’: prostitution... There is nothing gentle, pretty or nice about ‘the life’. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline viii. 97 They say I'm too nice a girl to be in the life. 2007 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 11 Mar. bv4 The story is based on five aging prostitutes... With wit, compassion and humor, they struggle to stay ‘in the life’, the only life they know. (b) Any way of life regarded as illicit or unconventional (esp. that of homosexual people). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > deviation from normal standards of behaviour > as way of life the life1916 boho1979 1916 L. E. MacBrayne & J. P. Ramsay One More Chance 94 If it never did pay, why did you so often return to the life [i.e. the criminal underworld]? 1973 C. Milner & R. Milner Black Players (new ed.) i. 10 Players will ask a new acquaintance: ‘How long have you been in The Life?’—meaning, at what age did you leave the ‘square’ or ‘straight’ world. 1977 M. Torres in R. P. Rettig et al. Manny ii. 57/2 All of us had been ‘in the life’ for years, and they just accepted Izzy and me because we handled our [drug] habits pretty well and made a valuable contribution to the organization. 1983 Maledicta 1982 6 135 Gay women are far less promiscuous and in the life than gay men. 2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers iv. 172 Anyway, she became known in the Life as Margy LaMont. Discovered by Carlo Van V., the Ward McAllister of his gay day. extracted from lifen. to the life a. to the life: with lifelike representation of or resemblance to the original (said esp. of a drawing or painting); with fidelity to nature; with exact reproduction of every point or detail. †Formerly with of. †to set oneself out to the life: to adorn oneself with the utmost pains (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautify the person [verb (reflexive)] preenc1395 prunec1395 prank1546 to set oneself out to the life1604 adonize1611 briska1625 tight1775 to make up1778 tighten1786 smarten1796 pretty1868 tart1938 pansy1946 sharpen1952 primp1959 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > closely (of resemblance) > with lifelike representation livelyc1405 livinglyc1475 quickly1477 to the quick1531 livelily?1565 to the life1604 naively1640 1604 B. Jonson His Pt. Royall Entertainem. 247 Wherein..the very Site, Fabricke, Strength, Policie, Dignitie and Affections of the cittie were all laide downe to life. 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. D4 Let him be straight imprinted to the life: His picture shall be set on euery stall. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 19 To frame of their own heads as it were with wax a kinde of Mimick Bishop limm'd out to the life of a dead Priesthood. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §12 The shadow or dark representation of that which was to be drawn afterwards to the greatest life. 1678 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (rev. ed.) xix. 268 To reflect upon a Lady..for having set her self out to the life in order to some evil design. 1702 in J. Ashton Social Life Reign of Queen Anne (1882) I. 283 Effigies..Curiously done in Wax to the Life. a1758 A. Ramsay Some of Contents Ever-green (1761) vii The girnand wyfe, Fleming and Scot haif painted to the lyfe. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 281 I can take off a cat to the life. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth II. x. 199 Where is the coquette that cannot scream to the life? 1887 H. Caine Deemster I. vii. 137 The young rogue, who spoke the home-spun to the life. 1941 ‘N. Blake’ Case of Abominable Snowman iv. 33 She resembled to the life the stately, arch, sorely put-upon hostess of Animal Crackers. 1988 S. Gray How's that for telling 'em, Fat Lady? ii. 60 There he was, Nathan to the life, sitting at a table with various foods spread in front of him. extracted from lifen. < as lemmas
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