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Origin of prankish
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“It remains as outrageously prankish, juvenile, and derisive as ever,” writes David Denby in the New Yorker magazine’s blog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
Missives like Meredith’s clarify the latent danger in some of the riot’s more prankish elements.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2021
"The Gentlemen" continues to showcase his crass flash, featuring more sophomoric antics than prankish teenage schoolboys.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2020
Wilson’s sensibility is more humane than harsh, poetic than prankish.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2020
“Come,” he says, prankish, leading me through the house.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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