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Meanings of devil-may-care in English

Cheerfully irresponsible.

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Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness.

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Usage of devil-may-care in English
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A handsome, wicked, devil-may-care sort of fellow to whom nothing was sacred.
One Day / A sequel to 'Three Weeks'
2
His eye was alight, his color coppery, his air swagger, devil-may-care, bacchanal.
The Titan
3
Jug bands to us aren't a devil-may-care, bang-away-on-anything kind of deal.
Reuters
4
A devil-may-care approach sounds like fun, but only if you can afford it!
The South African
5
Certainly the Australians we met were a cheerful, happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care crew.
At Suvla Bay / Being the notes and sketches of scenes, character...
6
He leans back and gives me a bad boy, devil-may-care shrug.
Angelfall
7
It's about the freedom that his devil-may-care, hands-off libertarianism ends up denying to others.
Ebony
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They were the reckless, devil-may-care mountaineers and robbers from the hills of Graustark itself.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
9
There is opposition to Miliband, and it runs from the haughty to the devil-may-care.
The Guardian
10
This slight, devil-may-care young fellow at the gate was Clanton.
A Man Four-Square
11
Mr. Prohack, free, devil-may-care and original, said to his chauffeur:
Mr. Prohack
12
In all its chaos and devil-may-care sloppiness, the Dong Xuan Center is distinctly un-German.
BBC
13
You may know them by their saucy, chiding, devil-may-care hum.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
14
If you hear a broad, hearty, devil-may-care laugh, be assured it is a negro's.
The Crayon Papers
15
It was full of pain, but it had a reckless, devil-may-care defiance in it also.
The Debtor: A Novel
16
And since he has the easy charm and devil-may-care grin of Robert Redford, you comply.
News.com.au