minx
Example Sentences
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Her affect evokes old-timey words — scamp, scapegrace, minx.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
Millions of women had reclaimed that slur in recent years when fashion’s newly minted minx, Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso, had dubbed us #GirlBosses in her best-selling book.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2016
Amid these increasingly threatened habitats dwell elk and bison, too, as well as smaller creatures, from fox, marmot, and minx to mountain wagtail, two-tailed owl, and golden eagle.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2016
Answer: Surprisingly hilarious, thanks mostly to the antics of Ron’s second ex-wife—a bespectacled, psychotic minx played by Nick Offerman’s real-life partner.
From Time ● Jan. 14, 2015
This tune 1 shall really confound Myrna minx.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
