puckishness
Americannoun
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Yeah, it’s weird that the schedule, in an act of schedule puckishness, would place Freeman’s regular season debut Saturday night at Ohio State, where he attended and played linebacker from 2004 to 2008.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2022
The audience is jollied along by Veneziale with polite puckishness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
His voice is a little raspier than it once was, but that signature puckishness is fully intact.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2020
Barry’s offbeat juxtapositions take some getting used to, which may explain why its debut season focused so heavily on establishing its tonal puckishness and its own version of L.A.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2019
The line between puckishness and principle blurred in due time.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2017
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