puckish
Example Sentences
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Puckish and determined, Hockney didn’t shrink from mutinies small or large.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
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
"And bawl him out?" suggested Sheila with one of her Puckish impulses.
From Hidden Creek by Burt, Katharine Newlin
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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