Synonyms for devil-may-care
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dev-uh l-mey-kair |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛv əl meɪˈkɛər |
Top 10 synonyms for devil-may-care
Définition of devil-may-care
Origin :- 1837 (but suggested in other forms by 1793).
- adj easygoing and carefree
- The Texan with his devil-may-care ways that masked the real character of him.
- Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
- The devil-may-care spirit was always a great factor with the men.
- Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
- What a jaunty, ugly, devil-may-care set of fellows they were!
- Extract from : « Ben Comee » by M. J. (Michael Joseph) Canavan
- He was a devil-may-care 43 Irishman, brimful of the virtues and the vices of his race.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine
- You may know them by their saucy, chiding, devil-may-care hum.
- Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
- They absorb, without volition, their part of the atmosphere of devil-may-care.
- Extract from : « Baudelaire: His Prose and Poetry » by Charles Baudelaire
- She was thinking of Beefy—dear, kind-hearted, devil-may-care, old Beefy.
- Extract from : « John Brown » by Captain R. W. Campbell
- Did you catch the compliment of this devil-may-care youngster who is in the trap with us?
- Extract from : « Dick Merriwell Abroad » by Burt L. Standish
- Why had she left her convent, if not at the instigation of the merry-eyed, devil-may-care Bindo?
- Extract from : « The Count's Chauffeur » by William Le Queux
- Just a devil-may-care bunch that raises hell when it strikes town.
- Extract from : « The Ranchman » by Charles Alden Seltzer
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