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lifie

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A life insurance salesman or saleswoman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, informal

Topics: business, insurance

Examples

  • 2003, Australian Broadcasting Commission, Four Corners program, The Super Chargers, 18 February Many of the industry's bad habits seem to have been inherited from the financial planners' predecessors - the 'lifies', as they were known.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From life + -ie.