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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Devil-may-care Mathiot, a Portland, Ore. tugboat operator, was not really expecting Quicksilver to win the cup.
From Time Magazine Archive
Devil-may-care as ever, he spurned any such oxygen suit as Wiley Post wore, merely bundled up warmly, stuck an oxygen tube in his mouth.
From Time Magazine Archive
He sang it with an assumption of a Devil-may-care voice, that made his face a thousand times more meagre and more thoughtful than ever.
From The Cricket on the Hearth by Williams, George Alfred
Devil-may-care was in her blood and he doubted if she knew the230 meaning of fear, but for evil he now sought in vain and wondered greatly because he had so misjudged her.
From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax
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