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Definition of Fancy-free
1. Adjective. Having no commitments or responsibilities; carefree. "A fancy-free bachelor"
Definition of Fancy-free
1. Adjective. Free of commitments or obligations ¹
2. Adjective. Having no spouse or other partner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fancy-free
Literary usage of Fancy-free
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"Was she so wholly fancy-free ? The amount and extent of fancy captivity which
could be ... And I think we may say that thenceforward Kate was fancy-free as ..."
2. Letters of Thomas Edward Brown: Author of 'Fo'c'sle Yarns' by Thomas Edward Brown (1900)
"... how she fared in the tents of this dreadful Kedar, how from the shadow of that
grim eclipse she passed ' in maiden meditation fancy-free.' To ST IRWIN. ..."