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Значения термина puckish на английском

Naughtily or annoyingly playful.

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Использование термина puckish на английском
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Garvin is a bushy-browed man with a serious air of puckish enthusiasm.
The new yorker
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His face was puckish but kind, and flickered between reflection and mischief.
The Guardian
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His tone changed, became less puckish; he elegized diversity with a shopworn .
The new yorker
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Or as puckish as a maimed colonel of dragoons could be.
The system of the world
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Her lively eyes and animated features convey the storyteller's puckish naughtiness.
The Guardian
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Among other things, she was smaller, more compact, almost puckish.
Great house: a novel
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On stage he's confident, quick-witted and even a bit puckish.
The Guardian
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Given his puckish personality, it promises to be witty.
Reuters
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He resisted a puckish urge to try the experiment.
The gunslinger
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His mouth, once puckish, was thin and ironic; his eyes, still humorous but somewhat sad.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
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Indeed, his ability to dispose of work quickly gave time for his puckish sense of humour.
The Irish Times
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Over the years the international press has grown accustomed to the antics of the puckish Dane.
The Guardian
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Without his puckish verve for disruption, it'd become a show about technical adequacy and endless piano ballads.
The Guardian
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A puckish thought crossed her mind, sending a flash of slightly cynical laughter through her quiet eyes.
Elizabeth's Campaign
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For all Jeremy's puckish nature, she never allowed herself to forget just how utterly ruthless he could be.
Changer of Worlds
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His eyes held mine in a level gaze for a moment; then they took on a puckish gleam.
Harvest Home
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