live-in
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɪvˌɪn/
Adjective
- Living on the premises; usually said of a household employee or a domestic partner.
- A live-in maid is a true luxury, but even a maid once a week is great.
- 2021 January 14, Tamar Lapin, “Ashli Babbitt, Air Force vet killed at Capitol, was in a ‘throuple’”, in New York Post, retrieved 2021-07-22:
- The Air Force veteran fatally shot by police during last week’s US Capitol riot had been in a “throuple” with her husband and their live-in girlfriend, according to reports.
Derived terms
Translations
living on the premises
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Noun
- A household employee or domestic partner who lives on the premises of the employer or partner.
- 2001, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Doméstica, page 31:
- […] but that doesn't stop families from hiring live-ins; nor does it stop newly arrived Latina migrant workers from taking jobs they urgently need.
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