Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Northern England, idiomatic)To cohabit without being married.

Origin

Possibly ultimately derived from broomstick wedding, with broomstick meaning ersatz or sha

Possibly ultimately derived from broomstick wedding, with broomstick meaning ersatz or sham. Often said to be derived from early British or Romani wedding practices, in which a couple could become married outside the Church by leaping a broom or brush, but no evidence exists for such a ceremony.

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Forms

lives over the brush, living over the brush, lived over the brush, lived over the brush
Base formlive over the brush · to live over the brush
3rd person singularlives over the brush
Present participleliving over the brush
Past simplelived over the brush
Past participlelived over the brush

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylive over the brush
he, she, itlives over the brush

Past simpleLesson

all personslived over the brush

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lived over the brush
he, she, ithas lived over the brush

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill live over the brush

Synonyms

1 synonyms
live in sin

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
livableliveA1livelihoodlivelinesslivelyA2
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