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Answer for the clue "This writer's wife invested in old money that mustn't be touched ", 9 letters:
live wire

Word definitions for live wire in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Live Wire is a 2011 mystery / thriller novel by American writer, Harlan Coben . It is the tenth novel in his series of a crime solver and sports agent named Myron Bolitar . In 2010, Live Wire won the world's most lucrative crime fiction award, the RBA International ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context electricity English) An electrical wire through which there is a flow of electrical current. 2 (context idiomatic English) An especially energetic, alert, or vivacious person. n. 1 (context electricity English) An electrical wire through ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Live \Live\ (l[imac]v), a. [Abbreviated from alive. See Alive , Life .] Having life; alive; living; not dead. If one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. --Ex. xxi. 35. Being in a ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Estes' forehead brushed the live wire . ▪ This college has come to life and advanced considerably under the direction of its very live wire Rector Mr Jocelyn Stevens. ▪ Yet a kind of current emanated from her, she was like a ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an alert and energetic person [syn: eager beaver , busy bee , sharpie , sharpy ]