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highlife

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high·life or high life  (hlf)
n.
1. Informal An extravagant or luxurious style of living.
2. Popular West African dance music that combines African rhythms and Western-style pop melodies.

high-lifer n.

highlife [ˈhaɪˌlaɪf]
n
(Music, other)
a.  a style of music combining West African elements with US jazz forms, found esp in the cities of West Africa
b.  (as modifier) a highlife band
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Noun1.highlife - excessive spending
waste, wastefulness, dissipation - useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources"


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These troupes performed a collage of material drawn from American movies, music from the Caribbean and South America, Ghanian highlife, and minstrelsy, all in comic variety shows with elaborate characters and costumes.
African highlife music with Osadebe and his Nigerian Soundmakers International band.
Ostrofsky has previously worked as a sales manager for Home Depot, Highlife Builders Corporation, and other construction-related firms.
 
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