live over the brush

Meaning: (Northern England,idiomatic)Tocohabitwithout being married.1982, Peter Tinniswood,The Home Front, page10:I know what people think about the North. They think it's all muck andliving over the brushwith women like Elsie Tanner.1991,Punch, volume300, page134:After the birth of their son, Stanley, the couple moved to Bradford and "lived over the brush" in West Bowling in a back-to-back terraced house.2013, Gilda O'Neill,Just Around the Corner,→ISBN:I was saying to my Albert, I wouldn't be surprised if him and that so-called wife of his wasliving over the brush.

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