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free and easy en · ADJ

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1. Casual, informal, relaxed, unrestrained.
   • "That's more money than I've seen in a month," said she. "I wouldn't be so free and easy with it, if I were you." 1918, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 13, in The Winds of Chance:
   • The other passengers were three Norwegians, three fossil Englishmen, two snobbish do., and some jolly, good-natured, free-and-easy youths. 1857, Bayard Taylor, chapter 20, in Northern Travel:
   • The Netherlands, proud of its multicultural tolerance, its hospitality to strangers, its free and easy social ways, used to be thought of as a soft touch for would-be immigrants. 2006 May 19, Ian Buruma, “Hard Luck for a Hard-Liner”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • He was[…] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the firedogs in the common room, […] 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 10.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
2. (Singapore) Travelling according to one's own personal schedule and preferences.
   • With the increase in budget travelers coming to Singapore, a personalized recommender system has the potential to effectively provide assistance to this group of travellers to piece together free and easy travel plans. 2016, Jorge L. C. Sanz, Business Analytics: Progress On Applications In Asia Pacific, page 561:

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carefree

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bg непринуден (Casual, informal)

free and easy en · NOUN

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1. (historical) A tavern offering informal entertainment from amateur and professional performers.
   • "Then, perhaps," says I, taking the gloves out of my pocket, "you can tell me who cleaned this pair of gloves? It's a rum story," I says. "I was dining over at Lambeth, the other day, at a free-and-easy - quite promiscuous - with a public company - when some gentleman, he left these gloves behind him! […] 1850 September 14, [Charles Dickens], “Three “Detective” Anecdotes”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words. A Weekly Journal., volume I, number 25, London: Office, […], →OCLC:

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