over the brush

== English == === Etymology === Possibly ultimately derived from broomstick wedding, with broomstick meaning ersatz or sham. Often said to be derived from early British or Romani wedding practices, in which a couple could become married outside the Church by leaping a broom or brush, but no evidence exists for such a ceremony. === Verb === live over the brush (third-person singular simple present lives over the brush, present participle living over the brush, simple past and past participle lived over the brush) (Northern England, idiomatic) To cohabit without being married. ==== Synonyms ==== live in sin