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Devil-may-care   /dˈɛvəl-meɪ-kɛr/   Listen
adjective
devil-may-care  adj.  
1.
Cheerfully irresponsible.
Synonyms: carefree, happy-go-lucky, harum-scarum, slaphappy.
2.
Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness.
Synonyms: raffish, rakish.





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"Devil-may-care" Quotes from Famous Books



... her horse in, and he scrambled out of the boat and came towards her. He was wearing a low-necked shirt; his face and neck were tanned by the sun, as were the arms, bare to the elbow. Without doubt he was a handsome man, and the bold, devil-may-care expression on his face did not make him the less attractive. Kathleen knew that many a girl in the district, well-to-do and not bad looking, would have welcomed ...
— Grey Town - An Australian Story • Gerald Baldwin
... again!" he shouted; and each garment as he donned it, fanned his old devil-may-care confidence to a higher flame. The last scrap of it on, he ...
— The Moon Pool • A. Merritt
... Ascott took not the slightest notice. A strange fit of sullenness or depression seemed to have come over him, which, when they reached home and met Aunt Johanna's silently-questioning face, changed into devil-may-care indifference. ...
— Mistress and Maid • Dinah Craik (aka: Miss Mulock)
... a score of them, with Amy in the lead, Amy laughing and jubilant and devil-may-care! And Clint, protesting, still a bit faint and pale, but immeasurably happy, was lifted to willing shoulders from where, a little vaguely, he looked down upon a sea of frantically cheering youths who waved maroon-and-grey ...
— Left Tackle Thayer • Ralph Henry Barbour
... mongrel, as tough, and as scarred as Scrap, he carried his wiry body with a devil-may-care assurance, in which Scrap may have recognized a kindred spirit. He decided in a flash. He made a dart and fell in abreast the sergeant of Company K. Muldoon saw and growled ...
— The Junior Classics Volume 8 - Animal and Nature Stories • Selected and arranged by William Patten


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