Words or expressions about a man and woman who are not married but live together as if they were:
| COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE | 462 |
| SHACKING UP | 210 |
| COMMON-LAW | 102 |
| LIVING TOGETHER | 68 |
| COMMON-LAW WIFE | 66 |
| LIVING IN SIN | 63 |
| NR | 56 |
| LIVING IN ADULTERY | 53 |
| SHACKING | 10 |
| ADULTERY | 9 |
| COMMON-LAW HUSBAND | 8 |
| COMMON-LAW MAN AND WIFE | 8 |
| LIVING OUT OF WEDLOCK | 8 |
| LIVE TOGETHER | 6 |
| OUT OF WEDLOCK | 6 |
| SHACKED UP | 6 |
| TAKING UP | 5 |
| TOOK UP | 5 |
| TOOK UP TOGETHER | 5 |
| KEEPING HOUSE | 4 |
| THEY TOOK UP | 4 |
| COMMON-LAW COUPLE | 3 |
| FREE LOVE | 3 |
| LIVING AS MAN AND WIFE | 3 |
| SHE’S HIS HOUSEKEEPER | 3 |
| COHABITATING | 2 |
| COHABITATION | 2 |
| COHABITING | 2 |
| COMMON LAW | 2 |
| COMPANION MARRIAGE | 2 |
| GREAT AND GOOD FRIENDS | 2 |
| HOUSEKEEPER | 2 |
| HOUSEKEEPING | 2 |
| LIVES WITH HER | 2 |
| LIVING WITH | 2 |
| ROOMMATES | 2 |
| SHACK UP | 2 |
| SHACKED UP TOGETHER | 2 |
| SHACKING UP TOGETHER | 2 |
| SHARING A PAD | 2 |
| SLEEPING TOGETHER | 2 |
| STAYING TOGETHER | 2 |
| TOOK UP WITH EACH OTHER | 2 |
| TRIAL MARRIAGE | 2 |
| TUCK UP | 2 |
| WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY | 2 |
| ABISHAG | 1 |
| ADULTERERS | 1 |
| ADULTEROUS | 1 |
| ADULTERS | 1 |
| AFFAIR | 1 |
| AFFINITY | 1 |
| AIN’T MARRIED | 1 |
| BAD LUCK | 1 |
| BAT | 1 |
| BATCHED UP | 1 |
| BOARDER | 1 |
| BOARDING WITH HER | 1 |
| CARRYING ON | 1 |
| CIVIL MARRIAGE | 1 |
| COMMOM-LAW MARRIAGE | 1 |
| COMMON | 1 |
| COMMON GIRL-FRIEND | 1 |
| COMMON LAW MID-WIFE | 1 |
| COMMON MARRIAGE | 1 |
| COMMON WEDDING | 1 |
| COMMON-LAW AFFAIR | 1 |
| COMMON-LAW HUSBAND AND WIFE | 1 |
| COMMON-LAW PARTNERS | 1 |
| COMMON-LAW WED | 1 |
| COMMON-LAW WIFE AND HUSBAND | 1 |
| COMMON-LAW WOMAN | 1 |
| CONCUBINE | 1 |
| COUSINS | 1 |
| DEAR FRIENDS | 1 |
| DODGING THE PREACHER | 1 |
| DOING HEAVY SLEEPING | 1 |
| EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACT | 1 |
| FREE LOVERS | 1 |
| GETTIN’ THE CHEESE WITHOUT GETTIN’ THE TRAP | 1 |
| GOT A HOUSEKEEPER | 1 |
| HANKY-PANKY | 1 |
| HAS A WOMAN | 1 |
| HAVING A BALL | 1 |
| HAVING AN AFFAIR | 1 |
| HE HAS A HOUSEKEEPER | 1 |
| HE JUST NEEDED A COOK | 1 |
| HE TOOK HER IN | 1 |
| HE’S KEEPING HER | 1 |
| HE’S MAKING THE SCENE | 1 |
| HE’S RUNNING AFTER HER | 1 |
| HE’S STAYING THERE | 1 |
| HOLING UP | 1 |
| HUSSY | 1 |
| ILLEGAL COHABITATION | 1 |
| IMMORAL COUPLE | 1 |
| IT’S A DISGRACE | 1 |
| JUST FRIENDS | 1 |
| KEEPING HER | 1 |
| LAYING UP TOGETHER | 1 |
| LEGITIMATE | 1 |
| LIVE AS MAN AND WIFE | 1 |
| LIVE WITH ONE ANOTHER | 1 |
| LIVING A TRASHY LIFE | 1 |
| LIVING AS COMMON-LAW MAN AND WIFE | 1 |
| LIVING ILLEGAL | 1 |
| LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE | 1 |
| LIVING OUT OF MATRIMONY | 1 |
| LIVING TOGETHER AS IF THEY WERE MAN AND WIFE | 1 |
| LIVING TOGETHER AS MAN AND WIFE | 1 |
| LIVING TOGETHER IN SIN | 1 |
| LIVING TOGETHER LIKE DOGS | 1 |
| LIVING TOGETHER UNWED | 1 |
| LIVING UNDER FALSE PRETENSE | 1 |
| LIVING WITH EACH OTHER | 1 |
| LIVING WRONG | 1 |
| LOVE-LIFE | 1 |
| MAKING THE SCENE | 1 |
| MAN AND HIS COMMON WIFE | 1 |
| MAN AND WIFE | 1 |
| MARRIED DOG-FASHION | 1 |
| MISTRESS | 1 |
| MY BUNK BUDDY | 1 |
| MY FUCKING BUDDY | 1 |
| MY SLEEPING BUDDY | 1 |
| MY SLEEPING PARTNER | 1 |
| NOHO MANUWAHI | 1 |
| NOT LEGALLY MARRIED | 1 |
| NOT MARRIED BUT SAME AS | 1 |
| NUTS | 1 |
| OLD CATS | 1 |
| ON A TRIAL BASIS | 1 |
| ON RAILROAD LICENSE | 1 |
| OUTSIDE WIFE | 1 |
| PART-TIME HUSBAND | 1 |
| PART-TIME WIFE | 1 |
| PLACE | 1 |
| PLATONIC FRIENDS | 1 |
| PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP | 1 |
| PLAYING THE WILD | 1 |
| POWHATAN WIFE | 1 |
| PUTTIN’ UP | 1 |
| ROOSTER MARRIAGE | 1 |
| SACKED UP | 1 |
| SACKING UP | 1 |
| SAVING THE RENT | 1 |
| SAWMILL LICENSE | 1 |
| SET UP HOUSEKEEPING | 1 |
| SHACKED | 1 |
| SHACKED TOGETHER | 1 |
| SHACKING UP IN A CABIN | 1 |
| SHACKING-UP JOB | 1 |
| SHACK-UP JOB | 1 |
| SHE IS HIS COMMON-LAW WIFE | 1 |
| SHE RUNS A BAD HOUSE | 1 |
| SHE RUNS A WHORE HOUSE | 1 |
| SHE TOOK HIM IN | 1 |
| SHE’S A COMMON WIFE | 1 |
| SHE’S A COMMON-LAW WIFE | 1 |
| SHE’S HIS MISTRESS | 1 |
| SHE’S HIS NURSE | 1 |
| SHE’S HIS UNLAWFUL WIFE | 1 |
| SHE’S HIS WOMAN | 1 |
| SHOULD BE MARRIED | 1 |
| SILENCE IS LOUDER THAN WORDS | 1 |
| SLEEPING IN WITH HER | 1 |
| TAKE UP HOUSEKEEPING | 1 |
| TAKE UP WITH EACH OTHER | 1 |
| TAKING UP WITH ANOTHER | 1 |
| THEY GOT TOGETHER | 1 |
| THEY LIVING TOGETHER NOT MARRIED | 1 |
| THEY MIGHT AS WELL BE MARRIED | 1 |
| THEY STAY TOGETHER | 1 |
| THEY TOOK UP TOGETHER | 1 |
| THEY UNITE TOGETHER | 1 |
| THEY’RE HAVING AN AFFAIR | 1 |
| THEY’RE LIVING TOGETHER | 1 |
| THEY’RE LIVING TOGETHER AND THEY’RE NOT MARRIED | 1 |
| THEY’RE SHACKED UP | 1 |
| THEY’RE SHACKERS | 1 |
| THEY’RE THERE BUT THEY AIN’T MARRIED | 1 |
| THEY’RE TOO THICK | 1 |
| TRASH | 1 |
| TUCK UP TOGETHER | 1 |
| UNLAWFUL | 1 |
| UNLAWFUL MANNER | 1 |
| UNLAWFUL MARRIAGE | 1 |
| UNLAWFUL MATRIMONY | 1 |
| UNLAWFULLY MARRIED | 1 |
| UNRESPECTABLE | 1 |
| UNWEDDED | 1 |
| WHORE | 1 |
| WHOREMONGERY | 1 |
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