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> 寝太郎{ねたろう}はのんきに空{そら}をながめ **ては** 暮{く}らしておりました。

My translation: Netarou was living by heedlessly looking the sky.

What does ては mean in this sentence?
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grammar て-form particle-は
What does ては mean in this sentence?
> 「Verb A in **て/で** -form + **は** + Verb B」

means:

> "to do A and B repeatedly as in a pair"

So, your translation looks good.

By far the most common and "famous" phrase using this structure would be
「食{く}っちゃ寝{ね}」, which is the colloquial pronunciation of 「食っては寝(て or る)」. That
means "someone just eats and sleeps all day".

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