the life

the life
   1. any taboo way of earning your keep or existing
   Prostitutes' jargon for prostitution, thieves' for stealing, and also used by drug addicts, especially when they alternate between scheming to get money to buy illegal narcotics and being under their influence.
   2. death
   As in life assurance sold through life cover in a life policy by a life office to a life, or person whose death will lead to payment.

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