at rack and manger

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

plentifully and at another's expense.

archaic, idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

“At that Time, his Lordship took his Brother into his Family, and a Coach and Servants aſſign'd him out of his Equipages; and all at Rack and Manger, requiring only 200 l. a Year”

“tearing out the bowels of St. Edmundsbury Convent (its larders namely and cellars) in the most ruinous way, by living at rack and manger there.”

“For we are not as other hypocrites, reprobates, and enemies of the state, but unto us thou hast given, from them thou hast taken, (blessed be thy name ⟳ A Lard) they are at rack and manger, but we are at full meal”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

at the first brunt at the minute at the very least at the very most atactically atall

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