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
A self-styled Prince of Darkness, an atheist who fears he is “irretrievably consigned to perdition,” Jack gives off a raffish existential allure.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2020
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
Vocabulary lists containing raffish
A Streetcar Named Desire
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The Once and Future King
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
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