raffish

Example Sentences

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One ghost is a raffish Frenchman who exclaims, “quelle horreur!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Now combined into a single storefront, the current retail space retains raffish details of its liquor-store days, including a retro red-and-blue neon sign and period gilt window lettering advertising cognacs and cordials.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022

It happened in a tournament of 53 teams, at a time when the selection process seemed much more raffish and maybe even beery.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2022

The aesthetic is raffish, glammish and also punkish, and the musical selections zigzag through the years from “Their Satanic Majesties Request” to “London Calling.”

From New York Times • May 26, 2021

Growing up, I was always tickled by this raffish personal connection to history: part of the Puritans, but not actually puritanical.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann