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Meanings of raffish in inglês

Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.

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Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness.

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Usage of raffish in inglês
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There's also that raffish wink at the end of the first stanza.
The Guardian
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Reg Rogers channels the out-of-control John Barrymore as Julie's raffish brother Tony.
Reuters
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But then, on the other hand, I don't want to be raffish.
Beyond
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In 1990, this jeans-clad group of purported raffish outcasts earned seventeen million dollars.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
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It was more glittering, more raffish, more clamant of the tenderloin than ever.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
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With this raffish little fleet Paul Jones set out to do great deeds.
This Country of Ours
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There was something undeniably raffish about it, and appealing, and as attractive as sin.
Aground
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The boy smiled, raffish, and I tried to smile back.
The Girls
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Rag, and the 'lurking' or raffish Military Snob, Ensign Famish.
The Book of Snobs
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One ear drooped slightly and had a ragged edge, giving him a raffish air.
The Shelters of Stone
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You approve not his raffish exploits in the hells of Covent Garden or Drury Lane.
A Book of Scoundrels
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The raffish mongrel was apparently endeavouring to fletcherize a complete stranger of the Sealyham family.
The Adventures of Sally
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Collectively, the juniors and seniors had a raffish look.
Shadowland
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With models sporting raffish berets and peaked caps, some looks had a pronounced military influence.
Reuters
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But she remained intent on marrying the raffish Andrew.
News.com.au
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He was a picture of raffish, devil-may-care ease.
A Man Four-Square
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