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devil-may-care

[dev-uhl-mey-kair] / ˈdɛv əl meɪˈkɛər /
ADJECTIVE
easygoing and carefree
Synonyms
WEAK
careless cavalier easygoing foolhardy free and easy happy-go-lucky harum-scarum heedless inattentive lackadaisical negligent nonchalant rash reckless unconcerned

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She’s got the sniping skills of Linda-058 and the devil may care attitude of Fred-104 and Edward Buck.

From The Verge • May 20, 2022

However, this wild energy and devil may care attitude yield weaker dividends after being bottled and pasteurized in a studio that appears staffed by a cadre of rejected Saturday Night Live sketch writers.

From Time • Jun. 13, 2014

“God forsaken, devil may care, Every one with his sins to bear; From East, from West, they are camping there; Where all the bad lots go.“

From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward

I did not quite know myself how thoroughly I had become a devil may care trooper until I came back to my old life here.

From Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

"Faix! and we 'd do it down here," said Scanlan, "devil may care who or what he was that tried the game."

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

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