raffish

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Smoking in a raffish suit like a film noir baddie with a shock of red hair ready to torch the world, Noble’s Richard employs a dusky, ironic voice to flaying effect.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

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

Stevens begins his account with an introduction to his ancestors, all of whom were show people in the gloriously raffish tradition.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

Tonsures, pigtails, head completely shaved but for a single forelock, long sides drawn into a queue with a raffish short-cut roach in the middle—all of it was prideful and abhorrent to the Pilgrims.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann