libertine
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The Kaufman and James recordings sound more like something out of the buttoned-up Gay Nineties than the libertine Roaring ’20s or the Big Band Era.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
As a native New Yorker, Lauren would have seen California’s well-manicured image of libertine paradise often.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022
While Mr. O’Rourke cultivated a persona as a hot-tempered libertine, “he was a deeply kind and generous man who pretended to be a curmudgeon for public consumption,” “Wait Wait” host Peter Sagal wrote on Twitter.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022
The autonomous German-speaking province in the Dolomite mountains borders newly locked down Austria and has long harbored a certain libertine sentiment.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021
The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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