or to live tally, verb. (provincial).—To live in concubinage; TO DAB IT UP (q.v.): chiefly in mining districts. Also to make a tally-bargain.
1890. Notes and Queries, 7 S. x. 297. ‘They ’re LIVIN’ TALLY’ is the way neighbours speak of them to inquiring visitors…. TO ‘LIVE TALLY’ is quite a common expression amongst the working classes in all parts of Lancashire, as is also TALLY-WOMAN.
