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Etymology

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From live +‎ in.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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live-in (not comparable)

  1. 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[1], 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.

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Noun

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live-in (plural live-ins)

  1. 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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