rollicksome
Americanadjective
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They did make a song of it, and it was a frolicsome song and pitched to a rollicksome key.
From The Life of the Party by Preston, James M.
These rollicksome, frolicsome, dimpled boy babies—and that they are boys is a fact which I trust will not be denied—he has them everywhere!
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Hubbard, Elbert
They fill this window with the rarest, rosiest, most rollicksome flowers.
From An American Girl Abroad by Trafton, Adeline
The cause was very evident, for there was Larry in the midst of a group of seamen, dancing an Irish jig to the tune of one of his most rollicksome songs.
From Paddy Finn by Webb, Archibald
He wasn't "bad"—only he had a rollicksome, flamboyant energy that inundated everything, and made his absence often a blessing devoutly to be wished.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists by Hubbard, Elbert
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