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
Even Rudy Galindo saved his campy stuff for the more fancy-free space of exhibitions.
From Slate • Feb. 15, 2018
It was only natural, then, for the more flighty Margaret, throneless and fancy-free, to go in search of company less starchy and more glamorous.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2017
When the message was brought to her, that fancy-free young person’s first thought was a quick dread that Berta would tease her about the preference.
From Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls by Schwartz, Julia Augusta
