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risqué

[ri-skey, rees-key] / rɪˈskeɪ, risˈkeɪ /


risque


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Then there’s the merchandise — not just the stuffed corgis or Penelope T-shirts but also Maxbone pet accessories, Allure Bridal dresses, Risque nail polish and Izzy and Liv’s newly launched Bridgerton line.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Risque stories are out; Hearst recently reprimanded a woman guest who cut loose with a mild "damn."

From Time Magazine Archive

Caroline Evelyn Risque       The little boy holding the bird clings to the globe with his toes.

From Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts by James, Juliet Helena Lumbard

The waiter started for the door; it was dashed open in his face, and splattered, dirty, and travel-worn, Auburn Risque himself stood like an apparition on the threshold.

From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred

This means lay in miniature before a caged window, revealed by a superfluity of light—a roulette-table, whereon the ball was spinning industriously from the practised fingers of Mr. Auburn Risque, of Mississippi.

From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred




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