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Rakish/funny son of the newspaper editor who was played by James McAvoy in BBC version?
State of Play Tripp 2008
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Rakish Bongo Far more interesting than he imagined, they growl when they are unhappy.
Pets, Like Wine, 2008
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Rakish and relaxed, he and his friends often smoke pot in the garage of his family home in Canada.
Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003
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Rakish and relaxed, he and his friends often smoke pot in the garage of his family home in Canada.
Seeds of Terror Maria A. Ressa 2003
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Rakish linguistics prof, DWF, 66, seeks like-minded translator for long weekends drinking tall glasses of chocolate milk and unraveling code (and whatever else needs unraveling!)
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Rakish linguistics prof, DWF, 66, seeks like-minded translator for long weekends drinking tall glasses of chocolate milk and unraveling code (and whatever else needs unraveling!)
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“Rakish and dangerous are not how most women want their faces described, Sam.”
Priceless Mariah Stewart 1999
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“Rakish and dangerous are not how most women want their faces described, Sam.”
Priceless Mariah Stewart 1999
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Rakish men either bite their lips in impotent confusion at her repartees, or are touched to penitence by her reproofs, which, on appropriate occasions, rise to a lofty strain of rhetoric; indeed, there is a general propensity in her to make speeches, and to rhapsodize at some length when she retires to her bedroom.
The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete George Eliot 1849
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Day, killing a great Number of Horses; with many other Enterprizes of the like fiery Nature: For certainly many a Man is more Rakish and
The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700
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