puckish
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Puckish humor, high-culture references and interior artwork by Ashley Mackenzie and Virginia Allyn give excitement and heft to this jolly read for children ages 10 and older.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Puckish, clad in a suit and preternaturally confident, a teenage Miller was a regular presence at school board meetings.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2025
Of course, Tucci has always been a Puckish figure in films generally, someone with a propensity for mischief.
From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2020
By now we’re accustomed to this Puckish lad looking out at us with his can-you-believe-this gaze when his friends and family behave as stupidly as he predicted they would.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2018
That there may be an Eternal Puckish Malice arranging and deranging human destinies is another question.
From Jaffery by Locke, William John
Vocabulary lists containing puckish
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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This Week In Culture: April 12–18, 2020
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This Week In Culture: January 11–17, 2020
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