devil-may-care
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of devil-may-care
First recorded in 1785–95
Vocabulary lists containing devil-may-care
Example Sentences
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She’s got the sniping skills of Linda-058 and the devil may care attitude of Fred-104 and Edward Buck.
From The Verge • May 20, 2022
However, this wild energy and devil may care attitude yield weaker dividends after being bottled and pasteurized in a studio that appears staffed by a cadre of rejected Saturday Night Live sketch writers.
From Time • Jun. 13, 2014
“God forsaken, devil may care, Every one with his sins to bear; From East, from West, they are camping there; Where all the bad lots go.“
From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward
I did not quite know myself how thoroughly I had become a devil may care trooper until I came back to my old life here.
From Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
"I think not, and yet—perhaps—— devil may care!"
From Stories and Pictures by Peretz, Isaac Loeb
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