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HIGH LIVING

Definition: HIGH LIVING

HIGH LIVING

1. A feeding upon rich, pampering food.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definition: HIGH LIVING

Domain	Definition
Slang in 1811	HIGH LIVING. To lodge in a garret, or cockloft. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Synonyms within Context: HIGH LIVING

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Gluttony	Epicurism; good living, high living; edacity, gulosity, crapulence; guttling, guzzling; pantophagy.
Intemperance	Indulgence; high living, wild living, inabstinence, self-indulgence; voluptuousness; Adjective: epicurism, epicureanism; sybaritism; drug habit.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: HIGH LIVING

English words defined with "HIGH LIVING": Fleshpot. (references)

Specialty definitions using "HIGH LIVING": GOUT ♦ Horse. (references)

Commercial Usage: HIGH LIVING

Domain	Title
Books	Deadly Masquerade: A True Story of High Living, Depravity and Murder (reference) Country Confidential: The Lowdown on the High Living, Heartbreaking, and Hell Raising of Country Music's Biggest Stars (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: HIGH LIVING

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[Vignettes depicting high living and its result]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		The Comforts of High Living. / Rowlandson. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: HIGH LIVING

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Australia	American companies are attracted to the Australian market for its familiar institutions and quality infrastructure, a stable legal and political system, a common language, excellent communications and transportation infrastructure, a high living standard, and a sophisticated financial system. (references)
Political Economy	Canada	Both have dynamic market economies with sophisticated industrial, agricultural, natural resource, and service sectors, and both are committed to high living standards for their citizens. (references)
Worker Rights	Angola	In May workers in Uige province held a protest march against high living costs and late salary payments. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Modern Translation: HIGH LIVING

Language		Translations for "HIGH LIVING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		schwelgerei (feasting, revelry). (various references)

Pig Latin		ighhay ivinglay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: HIGH LIVING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-g-h-h-i-i-i-l-n-v"
	-3 letters: gingili.
	-4 letters: giving, hiving, living.
	-5 letters: nihil, vigil.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album

5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography

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