buckish
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He was a fine buckish young fellow, about twenty-one.
From American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States by Ebenezer Davies
I've made him as neat as a new pin this morning, and he says the Bishop will think him too buckish by half.
From Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot
The ponies look very well and all are reported to be very buckish.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
He appeared to be highly satisfied with the efforts of his hair-dressers to make him look decent, and it must be confessed that he made a very buckish appearance.
From A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy by George Bethune English
Even Jehu has been buckish, kicking up his heels and gambolling awkwardly.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
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