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It was a little on one side and gave the good clergyman a decidedly rakish appearance.
THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS OF ROSELAWNMARGARET PENROSE
It sat on one side of her ill-kept head, giving her a singularly rakish and definite appearance.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
He is a rakish looking fellow, dressed in smart but cheap clothing.
THE DIAMOND COTERIELAWRENCE L. LYNCH
Captain Smith and his men knew who manned those long, low, rakish-looking frigates.
HISTORIC ADVENTURESRUPERT S. HOLLAND
He even sought an interview with Pappoose and asked her to describe the rakish traveler who had so unfavorably impressed her.
WARRIOR GAPCHARLES KING
But if I should, Jack, (with the strongest antipathy to the state that ever man had,) what a figure shall I make in rakish annals?
CLARISSA, VOLUME 6 (OF 9)SAMUEL RICHARDSON
She was young, not much over twenty, was tolerably well dressed, and wore a derby hat with a decidedly rakish air.
SHADOW, THE MYSTERIOUS DETECTIVEPOLICE CAPTAIN HOWARD
But the rakish-looking steamer continued on her course, while the Bellevite had not moved since the first broadside.
WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINESOLIVER OPTIC
Holm walked back to the office with his hat at a more than usually rakish angle, as was his way when in high spirits.
DRY FISH AND WETANTHON BERNHARD ELIAS NILSEN
The sun broke forth, and the rakish-looking brigantine appeared to have carried on all sail during the squall.
WORDS RELATED TO RAKISH
- abandoned
- corrupt
- debauched
- degenerate
- depraved
- dissipated
- evil
- fast
- fast and loose
- gone bad
- high living
- in the fast lane
- intemperate
- lascivious
- lax
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- licentious
- light
- loose
- night owl
- nighthawk
- on the take
- open
- player
- profligate
- raffish
- rakish
- reprobate
- slack
- swift
- sybaritic
- unconstrained
- unprincipled
- unrestrained
- vicious
- wanton
- wayward
- wicked
- wild
- a go-go
- all the rage
- chic
- chichi
- contemporary
- current
- customary
- dashing
- faddy
- favored
- fly
- genteel
- hot
- in style
- in vogue
- in-thing
- last word
- latest
- latest thing
- mod
- modern
- modish
- natty
- new
- newfangled
- now
- popular
- prevailing
- rakish
- smart
- swank
- trendsetting
- trendy
- up-to-the-minute
- upscale
- usual
- well-liked
- with it
- à la mode
- bawdy
- careless
- debauched
- depraved
- devil-may-care
- dissipated
- dissolute
- easy
- extravagant
- flirtatious
- frivolous
- gadabout
- giddy
- incontinent
- indecent
- intemperate
- lascivious
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- light
- loose
- lustful
- profligate
- rakish
- reckless
- salacious
- self-gratifying
- self-indulgent
- sportive
- sporty
- unchaste
- wanton
- wild
- bawdy
- careless
- debauched
- depraved
- devil-may-care
- dissipated
- dissolute
- easy
- extravagant
- flirtatious
- frivolous
- gadabout
- giddy
- incontinent
- indecent
- intemperate
- lascivious
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- light
- loose
- lustful
- profligate
- rakish
- reckless
- salacious
- self-gratifying
- self-indulgent
- sportive
- sporty
- unchaste
- wanton
- wild
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