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  • adjective Like a soubrette; cheeky and mischievous.

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soubrette +‎ -ish

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Examples

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  • My Sentence: Well in mixed company I'd try using the word soubrettish, but shouting fucking conceited cock tease gets to the point quicker with the added benefit of clearing a path to the open bar.

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  • The Nurse (relentlessly soubrettish), Mercutio, (inevitably swaggerish) Paris (surprisingly loutish), the Prince (effectively commanding) are all more characterized and spotlighted than the supposedly central characters.

    A Happy Ending, No Balcony���Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo? 2008

  • The Nurse (relentlessly soubrettish), Mercutio, (inevitably swaggerish) Paris (surprisingly loutish), the Prince (effectively commanding) are all more characterized and spotlighted than the supposedly central characters.

    A Happy Ending, No Balcony���Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo? 2008

  • Her taste in dress was soubrettish and flagrant, but it was not small-town.

    We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914

  • Hanan Alattar is suitably soubrettish as Musetta and the roles of Benoit and Alcindoro are well sung and amusingly acted by Simon Butteriss and Richard Angas.

    Evening Standard - Home 2009

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