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Meaning: (idiomatic)A person who participates inentertainmenteventsin a veryenthusiasticmanner and who has aleadingroleininspiringothers to join in thespiritoffestivity.Synonyms:life and soul of the party,party animal1846October 1 –1848April 1,Charles Dickens, chapter 37, inDombey and Son, London:Bradbury and Evans,[…], published1848,→OCLC:‘You were thelife of the partylast night, Ma'am, you know,’ returned Flowers, ‘and you suffer for it, to-day, you see.’1915,Edward Stratemeyer, chapter 30, inThe Rover Boys in Business:Tom was thelife of the party, and the way he "cut up" was "simply awful," as Nellie declared.1950January 2, “Headliners of the 1920s”, inLife[1], page46:They were thelife of the partyand everyone loves them, even though it was not a party that the nation can afford to throw again.
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