live-in

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live-in / ˈliv ˌin/ • adj. (of a domestic employee) resident in an employer's house: a live-in housekeeper. ∎  (of a person) living with another in a sexual relationship: a live-in lover. ∎  residential: a live-in treatment program.• n. inf. a person who shares another's living accommodations as a sexual partner or as an employee.

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