fancy-free
Example Sentences
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He left in 2016, spending his days footloose and fancy-free at the Oakland Zoo.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2022
This week had been spirit week at Robb Elementary, and Tuesday was foot loose and fancy-free day, with the kids encouraged to wear their fanciest footwear.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2022
Bella always described her mom as sort of fancy-free and superfun, but Edward sees the way Renée reverses roles and makes Bella into the caregiver, and isn’t really on board with it.
From Slate • Aug. 7, 2020
The true danger of human nature is to idealize anything that’s already happened, be it the repressive 1950s or fancy-free Clinton era.
From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2016
A woman always prefers a nice sentimental sorrow to a fancy-free state.
From Potts's Painless Cure 1898 by Bellamy, Edward