| 单词 | rakish |
| 例句 | An officer stood in front of them, a slender man with a blue cap that somehow looked both rakish- and sloppy on his head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She appeared to be fashioning a rather colorful but nonetheless rakish evening gown. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The altar wobbled and threatened to overturn and the collection table sat at a rakish angle. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Charley’s combed columns of legs were noble things, his cap of silver blue fur was rakish, and he carried the pompon of his tail like the baton of a bandmaster. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was very agreeable—almost rakish—to have options. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Since his accident he had unconsciously taken to wearing his hat at a rakish angle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Watch closely: Lefty, setting his derby at a rakish angle, walks down the sloping streets of Bursa. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Looking around, he winked at Helen, rakish; and when this time she stared stonily down at her near-empty plate, he simply turned and winked once more, at Ralph. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyebrows had been plucked and then drawn on again at a more rakish angle but the efforts of nature toward the restoration of the old alignment gave a blurred air to her face. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Jasper scrambled up the rocks immediately, glancing back at me, one ear blown back against his head, giving him an odd rakish appearance. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Hair artfully disheveled, grin adorably rakish, dimple bared. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z How glorious it was, to be so wanted, and by this man with the rakish metal band around his wrist and the cleft-chinned handsomeness of models in department store catalogues. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Diaz Castellano had a pencil moustache and a rakish straw hat. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He thought it gave him a rakish daring look, especially when he wore it at an angle with his loud checked jacket and green tie. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Only a familiar lattice or “cannage” pattern, set at a rakish angle, suggested that these colorful products belonged to Dior . Fash File: In Paris: Dior?s accessories, Lagerfeld for Hogan and Claudia Schiffer 2011-10-05T18:12:23Z This would be entirely inoffensive if Ben were meant to be remotely rakish. Television Review: Looking for Ms. Right, Online and in Sitcomland 2011-02-14T05:23:05Z Ricard was the old New York, garrulous, impish, rakish, fast-witted, tremendously friendly and spontaneous, and here he was on Hydra among people he loved. T Magazine: Beyond the Sea 2014-03-21T16:23:22Z “Holding his bow about five inches from the end, Joe Thompson draws a scratchy, rakish tone from his fiddle, full of higher overtones,” Jon Pareles wrote of the performance in The New York Times. Joe Thompson Dies at 93; Fiddler of String Band Legacy 2012-03-02T03:08:25Z Ritchie — who also co-wrote the script — instead focused on the “tone and charm” of Solo, a rakish, lovable rogue, and Kuryakin, whose tough exterior doesn’t quite mask his heart of gold. Guy Ritchie Cracks the Spy Genre with 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Belmondo, whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin made him one of the country’s most recognizable leading men, died at 88 earlier this week. France pays national tribute to New Wave actor Belmondo 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z And then there are the dozens of artists ripping off ’70s looks — signifiers such as wild ‘n’ wooly facial hair, rakish suits and loud-patterned shirts. Why ’70s soft rock came back, and why it’s not going anywhere 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z As a former Saratogian, I’m partial to the city and its rakish charms. A Second Life for a Saratoga Springs Showpiece 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z I even invested in a rose gold quilted number that I sported in rakish crossbody fashion whilst attending a comedy in London's West End. Fanny packs are back, baby! A weird fashion silver lining in a sweatpants year 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z He was beautiful, rakish and charming – not like a real person at all. Emily Woof 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z Searching for anonymous sex in the bathrooms under the National Palace of Culture, he comes upon a rakish man working the stalls, “cordial and brash, entirely public in that place of intense privacies.” ‘What Belongs to You’ review: An eloquent tale of desire and remorse 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z In the Air Force base where he becomes a “houseboy,” he is given the nickname Hong Kil-dong, the Korean Robin Hood, a curiously rakish nickname for someone so quiet, precise, observant. Like Kimchi on Mashed Potatoes 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Sam Gaddis, a rakish professor of Russian history at University College London, is researching a book about a long-rumored sixth man. Newly Released Books 2011-03-16T21:19:35Z But he was also, as this show asserts, a kind of working-class hero, whose rakish tastes and picaresque exploits only became possible as an old social order began to give way. On the Trail of a Lover Boy in the Age of Enlightenment 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Hale and hearty well past 100, forever handsome with his rakish moustache and abundant hair, Charlie was prosperous, comfortable, ageless. Lessons on Living a Better Life From a 109-year-old Man 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Chris put on a rakish fedora to play Indiana Jones, running and cracking the whip as his body and voice changed. Review: In ‘Raiders!,’ Two Boys’ First, Great Movie Crush 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z In the acclaimed TV drama Californication, he played a brilliant writer and rakish sex addict – a part some took to be autobiographical. David Duchovny: ‘I can't play Mulder the way I did. That would be obscene’ 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z He dressed with a mix of the rakish and the regal, just as I imagined a sophisticated Cambridge-educated diplomat would on an Atlantic crossing. The spy who taught me: My sophisticated British diplomat friend harbored a secret double life 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Neither a fluid singer nor an especially powerful one, he did not have the mellifluous timbre of Crosby or the rakish swing of Sinatra. Tony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Long ago, The New Yorker ran a cartoon that became famous: A man resembling Dizzy Gillespie — black beret set at a rakish tilt, dapper little goatee — sits at his son’s bedside. ‘Tiger Rag’: a novel of jazz and its devotees 2013-01-30T19:30:54Z Nonetheless, a certain rakish splendor hangs over those who refuse to calm down, shut up, or grow up. Shooting the Jesters 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z A neon-hued cacophony of rooms beckons, filled with photographs taped to walls at rakish angles, more videos, grainy footage, handwritten texts and drawings. Review: Scream Along With Pussy Riot 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Initially a blur of culture shock juxtaposed with her ongoing disenchantment, the journals track her obsession with her elusive, rakish colleague as well as her increasingly erratic state of mind. Review | Amanda Dennis’s ‘Her Here’ is a spellbinding existential thriller 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z That’s critical, because you’d give this show only a C in chemistry, the subject that the rakish gambler Sky Masterson says matters most as he flirts with the Salvation Army sergeant Sarah Brown. A lively ‘Guys and Dolls’ that’s easy on the eyes and the ears 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Honora takes New York by storm, entering into an agreement with the notorious rakish financier Julius Hatcher to pretend to be engaged — his entree into top society, her strategy in her war with the earl. A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z At the start of his film career, McShane was one of the rakish young blades of 1960s British cinema. Ian McShane: rogue trader 2013-03-16T08:59:01Z Each episode may begin with his shock of black hair in the rakish near-pompadour of a Hollywood headshot but it is inevitably soon hanging sweatily over his eyes, often within the opening five minutes. Can Netflix's Fightworld help rehabilitate MMA's image? 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z She remembers her co-star as "beautiful, rakish and charming – not like a real person at all". Rufus Sewell: almost famous 2013-03-30T09:00:00Z The devil wore a three-piece suit when “The Seafarer” came to Broadway in 2007, and as embodied by Ciaran Hinds, he cut a figure of rakish menace. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Heaven and Earth 2013-07-02T16:03:02Z It included a violet pantsuit that manages to be both professional and rakish. Fashion will survive. But many of the designers at the heart of the industry might not. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Cutler tells a harrowing story of the impact of Belushi’s drug use in a simple litany of photos, showing a rakish figure transforming into a bloated, empty-eyed one. John Belushi in Focus: What a New Film Gets Right and What It Misses 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z Matthew the foppish tax-collector sits at a table counting his money or gambling with rakish male friends and colleagues. Prince of darkness 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z The first edition of “Leaves of Grass,” from 1855, featured a frontispiece engraved with Whitman’s portrait: hands in pockets, work shirt unbuttoned at the neck, hat at a rakish angle. Lessons on Male Insecurity (and Indigestion) from Walt Whitman’s Men’s-Health Column 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Dudley Smith, a rakish Irishman who becomes the villain of the First Quartet. James Ellroy talks up his new L.A. Quartet 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Neither the rakish Joseph Fiennes of “Shakespeare in Love” nor the balding gent of the First Folio woodcut, her Elizabethan poet has little to recommend him, save his gender. Shakespeare strikes back at the woman who helped him write his plays 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z When Philip Harben, the first TV cook, made cheese on toast, he sploshed some beer in and we all thought that very rakish. The Delicious Miss Dahl and Edward VII - Prince of Pleasure | TV review 2010-03-24T06:45:00Z A few rakish lines of black on a bare canvas would suffice for a figure, a head or a stuffed animal. What to See Right Now in New York Art Galleries 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Self, the author of six novels, four story collections, three books of novellas and five works of nonfiction, is almost as notorious for his rakish behavior as he is for his writing. 2010-01-01T00:14:00Z Instead, one finds a young, rakish crowd that includes women in furs and Cheap Monday jeans, and men in knitted stocking caps, blazers and motorcycle jackets. Bo?te: Mulberry Project 2011-02-02T20:00:36Z The car’s rakish angles exhibit a sculpted touch while maintaining the vertical LED headlights that have become a brand signature. Cadillac Debuts the Sharp 2014 ELR Electric Coupe 2014-01-20T05:00:00Z Our rakish hero's troubled temperament can be explained by a troubled upbringing. 5 ways to fix "Bridgerton" next season to transform this guilty pleasure into guilt-free escapism 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z His Romeo is an exuberant, slightly rakish youth, eating up the stage with his traveling leaps and outsize enthusiasms. Dance Review: Herman Cornejo in Ballet Theater?s ?Romeo and Juliet? 2010-07-06T21:27:00Z It is one of the many examples of his grandfather’s rakish sense of humor. A Graphic Novel Aimed at Young Adults Takes a Personal Look at the Opioid Crisis 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z In Chile, Santiago’s rakish sailor brother is the port city of Valparaíso, with its handsome looks, edgy creativity and whiff of salt-air decay. Hotel Review: The WineBox Valparaíso, Chile 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Bond, at least the one of the movies, calls to mind words like “suave” and “rakish.” Television Review: ‘Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond,’ on BBC America 2014-01-28T22:11:21Z “My earliest memories of Jack are of this kind of rakish cad of a fellow, pretty weak sense of moral gravity and out for himself,” he said. ‘Young and the Restless’ marks Peter Bergman’s milestone 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z That is, until Lord Henry Seldon and his rakish charm turn the tables. NW books: Dragons fight for their fate 2013-04-15T21:53:26Z In brief: The rakish Lord Illingworth takes a shine to a young man who just happens to be a son he fathered out of wedlock, and whom he never knew. Review | The hippies are back in Shaina Taub’s musical ‘As You Like It’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z As a collective, she and her friends organize a gendered revolt against their rakish colleagues. ‘Slut in a Good Way’ Review: And Then They Staged a Sex Strike 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z It's the smile of a bland American vampire -- an indestructible creature the locals have mistaken for a rakish new neighbor who's presumed to have a night job because he's never seen during daylight. How Charlie Sheen remains a TV superstar 2011-01-31T13:32:00Z Because the Fleetwood on the cover has a wicked gleam in his eye, as he peers out from under a rakish hat, hair down around his shoulders. Mick Fleetwood on “Rumours”-era excess: “I’m damn lucky I never killed anyone!” 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Duris is more than satisfactory as Louis, a rakish commitment-phobe, but his pugilist’s mug doesn’t quite fit the role of smooth operator. Movie Review: ‘Populaire,’ by the French director Régis Roinsard 2013-09-05T22:03:46Z As the second season begins, Letty has gained custody of her son, Jacob, and settled with him and Javier, a rakish hit man, in a remote beach town. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Berlin Station’ and ‘Good Behavior’ 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z In Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Mask,” a rakish man about town who loves the night life collapses at a dance. How I Came Out as Gray 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Star of the iconic French New Wave film “Breathless,” whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin went on to make him one of the country’s most recognizable leading men. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z But you have also played rakish characters, in films like “All the Queen’s Men” or donned drag to play a Madame in “House of Boys.” Udo Kier, master of creepy and camp, looks back on a wild career: “I’ve made 200 films. 100 a... 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Her outfit was encircled by a tutu tilted at a particularly rakish angle. Why the Fashion World Is Obsessed With ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Searching for anonymous sex in Bulgaria, a young American strikes up a fraught friendship with a rakish drifter. Notable fiction in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Tom Cruise’s career suggests that these operations are entirely possible, as does every other movie about rakish charmers facing hopeless odds. ‘Triple Frontier’ Review: Men on a Mission? Possible! 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Dolemite, his sedulously designed alter ego, can be thought of as an early influencer, his raunchy, rhyming patter a progenitor of ’80s rap, his rakish wardrobe conceived to captivate an avid following. Eddie Murphy’s Latest Look Is Ripe for Appropriation 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Simon Le Bon would growl as banter, a rakish tone in his voice — causing an ecstatic response from the crowd. "Hungry Like the Wolf" began a new era for Duran Duran and U.S. rock charts 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z "This is a song about the Geneva Convention of human rights," says David Ford, tipping his trilby to an even more rakish angle. David Ford 2010-07-13T20:45:00Z And there are moments — a rakish “Bright Mississippi,” a galumphing “Brilliant Corners” — when the band sounds properly dangerous. New Music: New Music by Kevin Hufnagel, Jimmy Owens and Guided by Voices 2012-01-03T00:53:03Z His semipalmated plover, for example, perches on an egg-shaped rock, and, in pursuit of a tiny snail, tilts forward at a rakish angle. ‘Audubon’s Aviary: The Final Flight’ Alights at the New-York Historical Society 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z She gives herself to the rakish soldier with eyes wide open. Pride and Prejudice at 200: looking afresh at Austen's classic 2013-01-26T08:01:00Z They handled instruments like found objects: a violin propped against a hip, a cello tilted at a rakish angle. At GlobalFest, a World of Music, Costumes and Messages 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Andrew Shore is excellent in the title role, as is Leigh Melrose's rakish Einstein and Mary Plazas as Kipfer's plaintive wife. Piccard in Space ? review 2011-04-03T21:15:01Z Missing the wedding is meant to be bad even if the image of an exuberant Earl rolling up to the conference wearing a rakish grin and a seersucker suit suggests otherwise. ‘The Mule’ Review: Clint Eastwood’s Very Strange Drug Trip 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z He was wearing a lot more clothing now, a black vest over gray pants and a waffle-knit thermal shirt, a tan hat set at a rakish tilt. Taye Diggs Doesn’t Feel Like Dancing 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Tall, with carefully cut hair and rakish good looks, he is a lively conversationalist, often reflecting instantly on what he has just said with a touch of self-deprecating humor. Robin Thicke, a Romantic, Has a Naughty Hit 2013-07-21T16:14:52Z André Saraiva, the rakish graffiti artist and international club owner, has historically focused his ambitions at entertaining between dusk and dawn. Artist André Saraiva Adds Breakfast to His Portfolio 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Charles Ommanney, rakish and cosmopolitan with a thick mop of curls, had chronicled the presidency of and the rise of a little-known Illinois senator named for . Air-Kisses and Sniping on the Real Housewives of D.C. 2010-06-18T19:20:00Z Famous for his film career, especially as the rakish spy, Craig is also an accomplished stage actor. Done With Bond, Daniel Craig Will Play Macbeth on Broadway 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Tyler easily played the part of the rakish rock star, taking quick notice of the appearance of several female singers and being bleeped for off-color remarks twice in the first six minutes. 'American Idol' returns, with J.Lo but not Cowell 2011-01-20T13:46:05Z Expecting to meet a sort of rakish , I appear to have found a hungover Timothy Spall. The boor's head 2010-05-21T23:03:00Z With a rakish smile, he jumped into “Love is the Drug,” giving the “r” in the final “drug” a vampirish roll. Concert review: Bryan Ferry at the Civic Opera House 2011-10-12T06:03:00Z In the novel, she gives herself a tattered, dissolute glamour — she’s wearing a rakish rose-brown man’s fedora and one of her mother’s threadbare silk dresses. Marguerite Duras’s ‘The Lover,’ and Notebooks That Enrich It 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z On “What a Little Bit of Love Can Do” he brings rakish charm to a chorus that might have seemed conceited and belittling. New Music: The Dude Sings 2011-08-15T22:07:21Z David is melancholy and introspective — haunted by the wartime death of his parents — while Stephan is rakish, ambitious and cynical. | 'The Debt': ?Debt,? With Helen Mirren - Review 2011-08-30T12:00:00Z As far as snubs, I would have liked to see Ralph Fiennes recognized for his rakish turn in “A Bigger Splash,” or Tom Bennett for turning idiocy into comic ecstasy in “Love & Friendship.” Oscar Spotlight: The Actors 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Because Cleone possesses both an impulsive nature and an impoverished suitor named David Ancaster, her wealthy father and rakish brother decide to whisk her away on a European tour. Review | My plan for fending off the holiday blues? Escaping into light fiction from another era. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z A purple heron — “rakish, with long thin neck” in the words of the Oxford “Pocket Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent” — landed in a clump of water hyacinth. India, Through a Birder?s Eyes 2011-01-14T20:30:41Z There are over 1,000 distinct kinds of frowns on display, from rakish to tragic, ironic to crushed. Review: ‘A Very English Scandal’ Is Very Good. And Scandalous. 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Here’s Saint Levant sitting in a chair wearing a tank top, looking rakish and unhurried. The Weeknd’s ‘Avatar’ Anthem, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “What’s cool is that now I can get that Julian Casablancas rasp,” he says, referring to the famously rakish Strokes singer. 'Euphoria's' Dominic Fike is on the verge of pop stardom, whether he likes it or not 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z He took his hat from me and placed it on his head, at a touch more rakish angle than before. This Father's Day, memories transport me to a sunny day, a broken car and my smiling dad | Op-Ed 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z “The name of this rotund monarch with the rakish mustache had become synonymous with international playboy,” The Times noted. Irma Capece Minutolo, Opera Singer and Partner to Exiled King, Dies at 87 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Virile and sinewy, with a rakish smile and husky voice, Mr. Belafonte had burst to fame in the 1950s with a bold sensuality that flouted sexual taboos in an era of racial segregation. Harry Belafonte, barrier-smashing entertainer and activist, dies at 96 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z He refused to don a tie and sports jacket, let alone a suit, and his everyday attire of shorts and jogging shoes or flip-flops gave him a certain rakish affability. Bobby Beathard, Hall of Fame Washington football executive, dies at 86 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Such a meticulously restored, and rakish, car was to be expected at a vintage-vehicle show. Classic Car Show Right at Home in ‘City That Put the World on Wheels’ 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z One dons his straw sombrero on the crown of the head while another arranges it at a rakish angle; some look off into the distance while one man gazes peevishly at the artist. Two exhibits show how Diego Rivera and others constructed Latin American identity 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z It’s not an especially incisive interpretation — there’s little chance of restless Harold settling for good in River City — but it allows a born charmer to run through his rakish repertoire. Commentary: Are Broadway megastars obsolete? Not while Hugh Jackman and Patti LuPone are around 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Bow ties are notoriously impossible to tie for most men, but a loosely applied one can look rakish and relaxed. The bow tie can set you free with tastefulness. But this is not a tasteful time 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z His cowboy boots, rakish goatee and rimless glasses stand out in the staid corridors of Official Richmond. Virginia governors come and go, but Bob Brown’s camera has captured their history for half a century 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Along with modeling, she picked up work dancing and hosting in the nightclubs along the Costa del Sol, including one owned by Arthur Corbett, the rakish son of Thomas Corbett, the second Baron Rowallan. April Ashley, London Socialite and Transgender Pioneer, Dies at 86 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z She recalled one time, in the busy blur of her childhood, when a man with slicked-back hair and a rakish mustache approached her in the MGM commissary. Jane Powell, sunny ‘girl next door’ in Hollywood musicals, dies at 92 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The rugged Belmondo, whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin made him one of the country’s most recognizable leading men, even played the part of a boxer in his acting career. Yoka beats Milas for an 11th win, pays tribute to Belmondo 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Philip Mountbatten, the rakish naval officer who captured the heart of a young Elizabeth Windsor and became the lifelong consort to the British queen, has died in England at age 99. Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband and closest confidant and advisor, dies at 99 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Not married either, and a little rakish in a Bessie Smith sort of fashion. On a Summer Night in Selma, an Eerie Carnival Comes to Town 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z A few months ago, however, the rakish Rocky Horror Show creator, Crystal Maze presenter and transgender parent-of-three received a stark reminder of his advancing years. Rocky Horror's Richard O'Brien: ‘I should be dead. I've had an excessive lifestyle' 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z A rakish British safecracker works as a World War II double agent, paid by the Germans and the British. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Less precious is the rakish Redondo Pier, featuring an assortment of appealing seafood joints and downright dives. Chris Erskine: Cozy winter hangouts to slurp chowder, escape with a good book 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The former One Direction star will be performing the record alongside selections from his rakish solo debut. Best concerts in L.A. this week: Harry Styles, Brockhampton and more 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z A bit rakish and dashing, Romney’s alternate online ego is also a confusing mix of a common French given name and a Latinate family name: delecto means “delight”. Pierre Delecto: Mitt Romney's secret online alter-ego for eight years 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z From them lamps projected at rakish angles, their bases embedded in the other appurtenances and items needed to convert dormitory rooms into homes-away-from home. In the D.C. region, the signs are clear: Summer 2019 is nearing its end 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Hold your program fairly far in front of you, and at a rakish angle, said San Francisco Chronicle theater critic Lily Janiak, 33. How Playbills became social media must-shares 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z There were grungy slip dresses, bulky padded motorcycle leathers, rakish jumbles of denim and tartan, florals and leopard print. ‘The beauty of controversy’: Louis Vuitton closes Paris fashion week 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z When 35-year-old Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, wearing a sport coat and rakish gunslinger mustache, walked across the heavily armed Pakistani border into India on Friday, it calmed nerves across the subcontinent and beyond. Why the next round of India-Pakistan hostilities could be even scarier 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z This wasn’t just a rakish Hollywood bad boy turning up without a tie, but an out-and-proud gay celebrity actively queering the carpet, brashly defying showbusiness’s prescribed models of masculinity. How the bondage harness was rebranded as red carpet-wear 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Be the rakish yet slightly alluring “bad” one. How to Deal With Nosy People at Work 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z She would sit and talk long into the night with the flamboyant artist Francis Bacon and the rest of that decade's rakish beau monde. Obituary: Fenella Fielding 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z Many of his movies — the “Smokey” films, “The Longest Yard,” “Gator” and “Starting Over” — became a scrapbook for the 1970s, when Reynolds was in his effusive, rakish prime. An Appreciation: Burt Reynolds ran through my youth as a charmer and a spinner of wiles 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z While the crew neck symbolizes conformity and inertia, the V-neck, with its rakish dip, is all about independence. The War Over T-Shirt Necklines: V vs. Crew 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z When he dismounted, the New York World-Telegram and Sun once observed, he did so “with gymnastic verve, helmet at a rakish tilt, his step jaunty.” Manny Ycaza, hall of fame jockey of fire and finesse, dies at 80 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z “Waste of time”, it strikes me, is a more searing criticism than “deadbeat”, which sounds quite rakish and rebellious. Algorithms are taking over – and woe betide anyone they class as a 'deadbeat' | Zoe Williams 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Of course Sussex has more to offer than the rakish charms of Brighton. The joy of Sussex: What Harry and Meghan need to know 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z "Out in the cosmos tonight, with his fedora at a rakish angle and a 'Watch this' wink to us, he's coaxing whoever might be out there with him; Pick a card. Any card," Larroquette wrote. 'Nice guy' Harry Anderson gets heartfelt sendoff from 'Night Court' costars, fellow magicians 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Parker’s romance with crowd favorite Ado Annie is plagued by her father’s insistence that she marry a rakish traveling salesman. ‘Oklahoma!’ musical reigns 75 years later 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Throughout almost 60 years of widowhood, Mrs. Chennault faithfully kept alive the memory of her husband, a rakish pilot and military officer she always referred to as “General Chennault.” Anna Chennault, secret Nixon envoy and Washington figure of ‘glamour and mystery,’ dies at 94 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z In his native Italy, Agnelli’s rakish reputation added to his mystique. HBO’s ‘Agnelli’ Highlights Fiat Chairman’s Appetite for Women and Danger 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Between events, I named the landscape’s components in my head: single yellow line, grass, ugly rock, rakish slope toward road. Waiting for Depression to Lift 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z Out in the cosmos tonight, with his fedora at a rakish angle and a 'Watch this' wink to us, he’s coaxing whoever might be out there with him; Pick a card. 'Nice guy' Harry Anderson gets heartfelt sendoff from 'Night Court' costars, fellow magicians 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Pleasures included his lunchtime smoothie, his family, the kindness of his caregiver, and — this with a nod to a New York Times photographer and a rakish grin — “having my picture taken.” The Secret to Long Life? It May Lurk in the DNA of the Oldest Among Us 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z With a thick Argentine accent, big black-rimmed specs and a rakish mustache, Dr. Minuchin herded his clients around the room in, as the New Yorker once described, “a tightly constructed, well-directed, magnificently acted play.” Salvador Minuchin, psychiatrist who revolutionized family therapy, dies at 96 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Ghost Wars A charming and rakish smuggler sails into Port Moore, where he finds things in turmoil. Thursday's TV highlights: 'Will & Grace' on NBC 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z She was a member of one of Jamaica’s richest families but was best known as the mistress and muse of Ian Fleming, the rakish author who was the creator of James Bond. Mistress and muse of James Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming, dies at 104 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z One horse wore a “shade bonnet” trimmed with a red and yellow quill at an angle, which “gave its unconscious wearer a most rakish air,” the New York Times reported in 1906. Why horses used to wear bonnets, caps and peaked straw hats 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z “Republicans are the new punk,” said Sabo, echoing a slogan on his T-shirt also adorned with an image of Trump in a three-piece suit, looking rather rakish, giving the finger. 'I think leftism is a disorder': is this artist the rightwing Banksy? 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z And Cruise’s preference for playing rakish, overmatched, but enduring good guys is well-established; he might veto any plot that takes him in a dark direction. The Mummy would have been so much better if Tom Cruise were the villain 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The rapper, recalls Roberts, was wearing “a blue turquoise floral suit, white socks, black loafers and with his hair out at a rakish angle.” Whitney Houston’s real bodyguard: ‘Bobby was jealous of her success’ 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z From 1962 to 1969, Moore starred on TV’s “The Saint” as the rakish Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood who targeted wealthy villains. Roger Moore dies at 89; debonair British actor played James Bond in 7 movies 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Behaviour that might be considered rakish in a man, however, was unacceptable in a woman of 50. Sex and art by the Grand Canal: how Peggy Guggenheim took Venice 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z In my mind these scarves are rakish and elegant, the kind of thing Cézanne would have worn while lunching on coq au vin with Van Gogh. ‘I looked like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins’: what’s it like to have a signature prop? 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z And how was it that Hugh Grant, who isn’t actually in “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” almost managed to steal the entire movie in just one very rakish photograph? Dubious Achievements: Here’s to the best — and worst! — in movies from 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z So funny, so rakish in the desert sunset, so quietly aware that he was beginning the twilight of his own life. So long, Leonard Cohen. We need you now more than ever 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The Japanese designer pulls off that retro “Starsky & Hutch Go to a Cocktail Party” look with a rakish air. Men of the Cloth: Five Menswear Designers Who Are Their Own Best Models 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z She is about to have her photograph taken, and is arranging a rakish grey felt hat atop her steely curls. Margaret Atwood: ‘All dystopias are telling you is to make sure you’ve got a lot of canned goods and a gun’ 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z The rakish litigator has a taste for fine clothing that extends beyond courtroom attire to custom suede jackets. Menswear’s New Shopping Playbook 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z They also need to shed any perceptions of the shoe as being for pretentious preppies, rakish playboys, or stuffy old men. Big Moment for the Loafer 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In this segment, a little rakish goes a long way. Jaguar Gets Into the SUV Game at Long Last 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z I'm really ready for the cinematic version to find that rakish, hip-shot confidence that makes him stand out so much in the comics. What do we want from an X-Men film in 2016? 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Rockwell does the rakish charm thing as the hit man with a heart of gold, offing the people who hire him, because "murder is bad." Stop and think before you commit to 'Mr. Right' 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Silent Wolf's clear boredom with the mercenaries' lack of skill, and his rakish smirk when he pulls off a particularly contemptuous move against them, suggest a looser, more playful film. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny shrinks the original in more ways than one 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Han Solo ... has reverted to being Han Solo, the rakish smuggler whose mouth and overconfidence keep getting him into trouble. Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the limits of nostalgia 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z The Prohibition years were also the roaring twenties, the age of rakish mobsters and glamorous speakeasies, “The Great Gatsby” and “The Untouchables” and Bessie Smith singing, “Any bootlegger sure is a pal of mine.” Prohibition and the Penal State 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The pleat, though, is decidedly classic, with its roots in the rakish styles of the 1940s and ’50s, when men like Fred Astaire and Cary Grant proudly brandished broadly pleated trousers. Pleated Pants for Men: They’re Back, Guys 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z The actor is clearly having a good time playing Frank’s dad - he persistently addresses his son as “Junior” - a rakish Evian sales rep who’s not so secretly a government agent. Review: ‘Transporter’ a cinematic bumpy ride 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The man looks directly into the camera; he wears a bowler hat at a rakish angle, his jaw clean-shaven despite the fashion of his time. Project Shines Light on African American History 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z The statements show the seduction of Ms. Mitchell by Mr. Matt, who had dark, rakish good looks and a charming demeanor, according to officials and Ms. Mitchell. Prison Worker Who Aided Escape Tells of Sexual Favors, Saw Blades and Deceit 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Step on the foot peg and swing your leg over the trike to land on the molded-suede saddle, a rakish 26.6 inches high. Can-Am Spyder F3-S: A Strange (but Not Dull) Ride 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Mitch Senkowicz, 22, a tall, rakish graduate of the University of Florida, wanted a souvenir from Thailand before returning to the U.S. for business school. Wearing their luck on their ink sleeves with Thai traditional tattoos 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But Johnny, with his dungarees turned up at the ankles and cap at a rakish angle, seems quaint compared to FX Networks' "Sons of Anarchy." Waco, Texas Shootout Puts Spotlight on Motorcycle Club Culture 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Pelli updated his original boxy design for the Red Building to a sleeker, more rakish set of two towers connected by a common lobby. Red Building at Pacific Design Center getting tenants at last 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z For all its minor offenses against taste and decency, the sole unforgivable sin that “Mortdecai” commits is one that would leave its rakish anti-hero aghast. Review: Depp indulges inner clown in charmless ‘Mortdecai’ 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z “Shooting the Jesters,” by Anthony Lane: “A certain rakish splendor hangs over those who refuse to calm down, shut up, or grow up.” The Charlie Hebdo Shooting 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Others don't relish the idea of celebrating the mine's former owner, a rakish former oil geologist named Charles A. Steen. Utah uranium mine is more of a bad memory than a historic site for many 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z The Colonel sported a rakish mustache and silk neckwear purchased from A. Sulka & Company, “haberdashers to royalty.” Whipping Boy 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z He radiated a rakish joie de vivre to just about everyone he passed by. Ben Bradlee's Death Heralds the Final Curtain for Camelot 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z That opens up Marvel’s version of Manhattan, which has been besieged by frost monsters controlled by Thor’s rakish brother, Loki. Review: Avengers assemble in ‘Disney Infinity 2.0’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Journalist Scott Wallace last year described him in National Geographic as “a sinewy, 52-year-old firebrand with rakish, jet-black hair and a hawk’s beak of a nose.” Top Peruvian Foe of Illegal Logging Slain 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Journalist Scott Wallace last year described him in National Geographic as "a sinewy, 52-year-old firebrand with rakish, jet-black hair and a hawk's beak of a nose." Top Peruvian foe of illegal logging brutally slain 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Pareyon said he chose this particular story as a base for the opera because it was one of just two “cuecuechcuicatl,” or rakish songs, to escape censorship by the Spanish evangelizers. Seductive Nahuatl opera to premiere in Mexico City 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Start with that and it’s easy build a rakish look here. Critical Shopper: Brooklyn Welcomes the Skinny French Fashions of Sandro 2013-12-18T23:45:45Z Shorts and a rakish straw hat maybe, or something with a Breton stripe. The 10 worst things about post-holiday blues 2013-09-02T01:21:30Z The triangular back windows are much longer than those of the 3 Series coupe and emphasize the rakish roofline. BMW Launches 4 Series With Racy New Coupe For 2014 2013-06-17T19:33:00Z Then, however, the PlayStation 4 design was revealed: it's another reasonably large box, this time working a combination matt and shiny surface and a rakish slant. PS4 vs Xbox One clash dominates E3 2013-06-11T13:49:01Z Is Don most himself at work, where his rakish charm and bullheaded bulldozer-ing of the needs of his clients, coworkers, and the company itself keep paying dividends? Mad Men Watch: Help Wanting 2013-04-15T11:00:00Z The detonations sent shock waves as far as half a mile away as the four towers toppled, leaving smokestacks sticking up at a rakish angle. Dynegy power plant blown up in southern California 2013-02-02T21:01:43Z It lends him a rakish, retro air as he embarks on what many Italians, foreign investors and no doubt Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany hoped would never happen: another election campaign. IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: Jan. 17 2013-01-17T07:31:29Z It lends him a rakish, retro air as he embarks on what many Italians, foreign investors and no doubt Chancellor of Germany hoped would never happen: another election campaign. Berlusconi Stirs Up Elections in Italy 2013-01-16T15:52:56Z A polite fellow with a rakish goatee and an entrepreneurial bent, Mr. Rutherford has been on the edges of publishing for most of his career. Book Reviewers for Hire Meet a Demand for Online Raves 2012-08-25T18:18:19Z But, despite this competitive field, it is Polly Peck – with its slightly ludicrous name, its rakish chief executive and its meteoric rise and fall – that best conjures up memories of the yuppie decade. Polly Peck: the South Sea Company of the 1980s 2012-08-22T18:51:32Z He signed with the same sports agency and the same swimwear company, and he smiled like a rakish groomsman after Phelps beat him at the 2008 Olympics in the 200- and 400-meter individual medleys. Lochte-Phelps Rivalry Will Continue in London 2012-07-23T18:42:41Z She was a long, rakish, yellow-sided craft, evidently built for speed, and her audacity puzzled us mightily; but knowing the diabolical cunning of these freebooters, we were determined to take no chance of a surprise. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z He exuded a rakish charm enhanced by his Australian accent. Common Sense: Ford Tries to Save the Lincoln 2012-04-13T16:07:25Z Her eyes shone, and her smile was sometimes wry, even rakish. Camila Vallejo, the World?s Most Glamorous Revolutionary 2012-04-05T21:31:06Z Round the lofty western hills, a fleet of small craft—with rakish hulls and snowy sails—steal quietly and softly, while steamboats, that look like floating islands, almost pass them with lightning speed. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Mr. Kennedy was the back-slapping Irish pol with the rakish past; Mr. Romney the upstanding, if stiff, businessman who viewed Mr. Kennedy with some disdain. The Long Run: Ted Kennedy Helped Shape Mitt Romney?s Career, and Still Haunts It 2012-03-24T23:58:43Z A distinct resemblance in the dress, taken in combination with the rakish dare-devil air with which these young bloods set their wide hats to one side and swaggered along, vividly suggested the Mexican cowboy. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z But the film boasts more than a rakish hero battling giant green aliens. Speaking Thark: What Invented Languages Can Teach Us 2012-03-14T12:00:35Z These people now know the swift and monotonous tube train instead of the rakish ferryboat, the dull subway instead of the stimulating elevated railway. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z It came out of a wave top with a rakish tilt. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z When a Music-hall singer does not treat of the tender passion in a rakish and knowing spirit, he is apt to exhibit an unworldliness truly ideal in its noble indifference to all social distinctions. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z He had the casino refurbished in a 1920s style to reflect the city’s rakish past, with female beverage servers wearing skimpy flapper costumes. Dennis Gomes, Atlantic City Casino Operator, Dies at 68 2012-02-25T23:04:54Z He is loud of speech, somewhat coarse in manner, rakish in dress, and possesses wonderful self-confidence. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z That reason was--a woman, and a rival--a certain Madam Gillin, widow of a small shopkeeper, with whom the rakish earl chose to be too familiar. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z One had a patch over his eye and they all looked very rakish. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z But he was a child—" "Well, he's grown up now, and as rakish a young spendthrift as ye could wish for. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The house was quiet earlier than in former times, when Sir Reginald, of rakish memory, was never in his bed till past three o'clock in the morning. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z She clapped her wide head-dress upon her head, where it settled itself with a rakish tilt. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z Under such circumstances it was impossible to look either affectionate or rakish. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z She was handsome, dressed in the extreme of fashion, and marked by a certain rakish boldness that was not unbecoming. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z Andrew wore a mask, but he was quite unmistakable by his length of limb and carelessly rakish appearance. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z The Spaniard was hardly a mile to windward, a long, low, rakish craft, as black as a Mother Carey’s chicken. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z If that strange old woman in the rakish head-dress was in a hurry, Cartaret, you may be sure, was in no mood for tarrying by the way. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z I expect your caps would be everywhere but on your heads, or else would have a perpetually rakish tilt.” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z And with his longish, wavy hair, and a thick mustache that ends in waxed tips, Khan cuts a somewhat rakish figure. Shahid Khan Buys Jacksonville Jaguars and Realizes Dream 2011-12-01T01:33:42Z In fact, his hat was at a more rakish angle than usual and his cane fairly whistled through the air as he wandered up the Avenue half an hour later. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z She was one of the most rakish of that rakish description of vessels. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Evelyn thought his age was between forty and fifty, but his eyes had a humorous twinkle and his air was rakish. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z A little later a rakish young work-man with a goatee beard and a swagger lit his clay pipe at the lamp before descending into the street. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Well for them was it that the Bunting was long and low and rakish; a brig would have gone down stern first, giving those on board hardly time to utter a prayer. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z These empty, broken bottles gave an untidy, rakish air to the shady, stately courtyard where the first conquerors of Valoise had spent such peaceful, restful hours. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z No vessels in sight, but a long, low, rakish craft wedged in the rocks beneath the lighthouse, and fast breaking up. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z He was quite good-looking, with his rakish military cap and his well-knitted figure in military clothes. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z There was certainly a free-and-easiness, a rakish bonhomie, and a caustic wit which was no part of the attributes of the great ladies Johnnie had met—always excepting the wit. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Mr. Pore was in his shirt sleeves, his glasses set at a rakish angle on his aristocratic nose and an unaccustomed flush on his usually pale countenance. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Consequently, when he entered the office—incidentally a little late—it was with a jaunty, rakish air, as though, if he chose, he could buy up the whole concern. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z The long, rakish craft, of comparatively small beam and tapering lines, was no doubt originally an American production. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z And there stood, fixedly regarding the place, a boyish figure in khaki with an ultra-floppy cap at a rakish angle on his head. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z She's so long and low and rakish, but so was the Yankee Blade. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Black was smudged all around the eyes which gave the child a rakish look. The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z So saying, Alred buttoned up his doublet, buckled on his sword, and, with the rakish air of an unprincipled Norman gallant, he swaggered off to the tent of Ethel. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The elastic under his chin did not hold his hat straight upon his bobbed hair and the brim was canted over one ear and gave him a rakish expression. Ethel Morton at Chautauqua 2011-05-04T02:00:16.097Z Holm walked back to the office with his hat at a more than usually rakish angle, as was his way when in high spirits. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z He had an air of rakish boldness which rather became him, and his careless dress added to this effect. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The students led the way, rakish, full of airs, except when piloting their parents about. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z He wears a cap; and a fine rakish thing is the way he wears it. Peeps at People 2011-03-26T02:00:17.597Z Brack looked quite rakish, so he told himself, when he gazed in a mirror in the hat shop next day, on the way to the station. Fast as the Wind A Novel 2011-03-22T02:00:19.407Z He thought the horse had a rakish, unkempt look about the head and mane, like an animal who was accustomed to night-work, and indifferent as to his personal appearance in the day. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z It was half-past nine o'clock, a rather rakish hour in Cardyllian, when the absorbed attorney was aroused by a tap at his door. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Anchored beside the shore opposite appeared another vessel, more rakish in build, less heavy at the stern, and showing four masts to the Frenchman's three. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z And the lively little Earl trotted out, swinging his stick and setting his straw hat at an angle slightly rakish. The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. 2011-02-12T03:00:30.987Z The tawny moustache, bristling in pointed smoothness, had a rakish familiarity, and yet the echoes came from far back on the path of life, as elusively haunting as a dream recalled in the morning. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z These are usually polaccas, schooners, and other small craft—and particularly black, rakish craft, some of them are in appearance. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z She pursed her lips, she scratched her forehead thoughtfully, and so pushed her false front over to a most rakish angle. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z All these parts of the captain's person were particularly rakish and shabby. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z She wore her red cap in a rakish manner on the side of her head, its tassel falling down over her forehead between her eyes. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z The steamer Deer, built on the Clyde, a few hours from Nassau, with an assorted cargo,—a low, rakish, fast-running craft, with steam escaping from her pipes,—was lying under the guns of a monitor. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Once he narrowly escaped being stabbed by the sword of a rakish young gentleman in Moorfields; but he was immortal till his work was done. A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield 2010-12-24T03:00:34.583Z With spoon in hand, she stared open-mouthed at the girls, while her husband, unshaven, straw hat set back on his head at a rakish angle, slowly came toward the car. The Vanishing Houseboat 2010-12-20T17:11:37.787Z The young magnates of the neighboring great College of St. George's, who regarded Pen, and in whose society he lived, were not taken in by Bloundell's flashy graces, and rakish airs of fashion. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z A minaret rises on the edge of a frame, above a wall on which a rakish man sits. Showcase: West Into East 2009-12-15T10:00:00Z I don't know about you, but I think he's brilliant, a rakish genius trapped in the body of a man who simply cannot be bothered, but who bathes in money every single night. World Cup 2010: North Korea v Ivory Coast ? live! 2010-06-25T13:07:00Z For a weapons-based road brawler, the handling model is sublime – a rakish combination of PGR's rigorous physics detailing, with an intuitive and forgiving arcade feel. Blur: hands-on with Activision's rocket-powered racer 2010-05-06T08:00:00Z It's also slightly lighter, isn't as tall, and looks more rakish. 2007-11-05T14:34:00Z He had pushed his Hungarian fez at a rakish angle over his left ear, and held a silver-set meerschaum between his black teeth. The Undying Past It was low and rakish and painted grey, but whatever it was, it looked like a haven. Jane Stewardess of the Air Lines His dusty hat sat with an impudent tilt on crisp curls glossed with pomade and his stale cigar-butt tipped upward, under a rakish moustache. The Tempering The hat which Irene made fun of had been tilted at a rakish angle when the corporal removed the cloak. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 A long, rakish sedan, which had been parked 239further along the street, leaped ahead, and swung around the corner behind the taxi which was carrying Jim Hill and the final draft of their radio script. Janet Hardy in Radio City When Cairns was not expected her lunch was of the simplest, and Charlotte discovered with amazement that her rakish mistress could check a grocer's book. A Bed of Roses "I hope so," said Cashel, enthusiastically; "she sits the water like a duck, and has a fine rakish look about her." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) He had acquired a rakish felt hat, too, which rested mainly on the back of his neck. In And Out However, when all the fable and fancy are winnowed out, the facts remaining are enough to make any red-blooded adventurer yearn to charter a rakish schooner and muster a crew of kindred spirits. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day The schooner answering to this canine appellation was a rakish, fast-sailing craft of two hundred tons burden, fitted out expressly for the Pacific trade. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 There was something rakish about this young lady which frightened her respectability. A Bed of Roses "True, his manners—" "Why, he has none; the man has a certain rakish, free-and-easy demeanor that, with somewhat more breeding, would rise as high as 'tigerism,' but now is detestable vulgarity." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) In the collection of Dr. Sturge there is a vase of this period, ornamented with a painting of a bireme, which is as rakish and elegant in appearance as Fig. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships They look rakish,—there's no denying it!" said Mac-Naghten; "but they are gentleness itself. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience They had stood there with Dundreary whiskers, in rakish full capes and strapped overalls. Carnival In a jiffy, out comes Miller Howell, with a face like the mast of a rakish yacht, long, and thin, and yallow. Seven Frozen Sailors There is an old shipmate of mine—a young Spanish officer—who has lived rather a rakish kind of life. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Ay, but several vessels have been closely followed by a low rakish black schooner, of small tonnage, but very swift. The Ruined Cities of Zululand She wore a boudoir cap too, a concoction of lace and pink ribbon at once rakish and demure. Lady Cassandra She is slightly rakish in build, but not disagreeably so. The Cruise of the Elena or Yachting in the Hebrides He was a rakish, clever young fellow, who had tried his hand at many things, but wanted perseverance to succeed at any. International Short Stories English Have you taken many a trip In a rakish pirate ship? A Little Freckled Person A Book of Child Verse The big engineer beamed through his beard, and tilted his uniform cap to a more rakish angle. The Golden Amazons of Venus Never had that worthy knight presented so disreputable an appearance as he did with Huggles' hat stuck upon his head at a rakish angle. Adventures of Bindle "That's what I came over to see about," Billy was saying, with a rakish eye. Rose MacLeod It was two long, rakish crafts, manned by many dusky islanders which lay peacefully enough along side the big ship. Frontier Boys in the South Seas Falkoner was evidently surprised with this announcement; but more so from the rakish indifference it betrayed about money, than as bespeaking me rich and affluent. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas It had been so christened because of its low, rakish appearance, and the fact that it was painted a dead black. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea "Well, I must be orf," he said, adjusting his cap upon his head at a rakish angle. Adventures of Bindle It sat on one side of her ill-kept head, giving her a singularly rakish and definite appearance. Ancestors A Novel On the other side, the mast slowly went up to its normal rakish position again, the sail filled, and wind and current bore the boat steadily down the Nile. The Egyptian Cat Mystery He was tall, well-made, and had that indescribably rakish character about his very gesture that is rarely a bad indication of the possessor's mode of life. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Several times, as they motored along the roads, they were passed, or passed themselves, a low, rakish motor car, of a dull dust color. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea He had donned his best in honour of the occasion—a coarse suit of fearnought serges, quaintly cut, and an ancient top hat, set at a rakish angle. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Two days afterwards, Johannes returned home, looking as dirty and rakish as he possibly could. Ditte: Girl Alive! Laurie took the hat and put it on his head, where, being too small for him, it perched at a rakish angle. The Girl in the Mirror Meanwhile his expression of sleepy indifference under the rakish khaki cap as he blinked and chewed the nuts offered by the public, was human in its comprehension. Banked Fires The huge gauntlet, with its limp five fingers dangling over his left ear, became a rakish k�pi with a five-pointed flap. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium And as they left, the men were mostly silent; though they looked debonair enough with their swinging quickstep and easy carriage, and their frying-pan hats set at all sorts of rakish angles. Cavalry of the Clouds Her face was kind, but inquisitive, with that brown liver-look round the eyes and a large rakish hat. A Diary Without Dates Indeed her owner had made a voyage in her to the Mediterranean, but she was built for speed also, and decidedly rakish in cut. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts He seemed just rakish and gallant enough to fulfil the conditions of the song: “The frog he would a courting ride, With sword and pistol by his side.” Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls The racing-body gave the “forty” a rakish appearance, and each time we went up and down the Esplanade, or across the Valley Bridge, we created considerable interest. The Count's Chauffeur Lastly, she jerked the rakish hat from her own head, crammed it down hard over the orange-wreathed brow and gave her strange protégée a hasty shove. Exit Betty She gave the floppy hat a yank that slued the ridiculous green bow to a more rakish angle, and then stopped suddenly in the road. Anything Once A rebellious lock was then blowing in the wind, and there was a wide, rakish crown of rice-white straw. The Missourian It sounded so far exactly like an episode in the rakish, topsy-turvy life of such an one as I had imagined. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) He was seedily clad in a shiny black suit, but a modish green velvet hat, several sizes too small, perched precariously atop his very large head and gave him an oddly rakish appearance. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story Admiral Wilson was ordered to investigate with his fleet; after an eventful cruise they overtook, one night, a piratical looking craft with black hull and rakish rig. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades She had taken off her coat, but she wore a green hat with a gold ornament that suited her to perfection, set on her dark head at rakish angle. The Phantom Lover The queenly little lady in blue-flowered calico and a rakish Leghorn hat returned the salute with a smile. The Missourian They are looking decidedly rakish adorned with black streamers in honour of the occasion. East of the Shadows It is as rakish and dashing a craft on seas literary as any of the hero’s black-flagged ships on seas actual.”––N. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Another friend of Pinch's was Mark Tapley, a rakish, good-humored fellow, whose one ambition was to find a position so uncomfortable and dismal that he would get some credit for being jolly in it. Tales from Dickens An exceedingly reckless, rakish lot they were––this flower of the Mexican forces who the Viceroy was only too willing should explore all lands, and seas, so they kept themselves away from the capitol. The Flute of the Gods If there were any disarray, it was a fetching sort, with a certain rakish effect. The Missourian She was still in her rusty black, the rakish bonnet set awry on her head. At the Crossroads Only occasionally does one cross one of those lengthy and rakish spider bridges that give a hint of man and his works. Westward with the Prince of Wales It is here that the criminal world acquires its rakish manners, but its weakness for women and alcohol cause it to fall early into the traps of the secret police. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study To the man from whom the rakish Spanish soldiers bent the knee and removed the covering from the head, Tahn-té felt no antagonism as he did for the men who carried the arquebus and swords. The Flute of the Gods A soft, black hat with wide brim adorned with a gilt cord, and rosette encircling a silver star, was worn turned down on one side giving him a rakish air. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War When he released her, her hat was set at a new and rakish angle, and she had lost too many hair-pins, but to Henry she had never looked half so adorable. Rope There appeared on the screen the hull of a long, rakish, cigar-shaped craft which was overhauling the liner. Loot of the Void He was earnestly conversing with and bending over a small, alert fellow, in a rakish beaver and very smart coat, with the blue flowers of modesty bunched saucily in one button-hole. Dr. Sevier He smiled as he recalled that at school it was thought he showed undue levity for a theological student in wearing so weather-beaten and rakish a hat. The Web of the Golden Spider The little girl was certain that it was she, for there was no mistaking the rakish lop of the serrated comb, or the once white under-feathers soiled to a bluish cast. The Biography of a Prairie Girl We say a rakish air rather than a rakish mien. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Closer approach disclosed one rakish branch on a sugar maple, all afire with color, while every other leaf on the tree yet held the green of summer. Getting Acquainted with the Trees He was a rakish looking youth, quite handsome withal, dressed in the height of fashion, and was smoking a cigar with great vigor and apparent relish. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. A black velveteen jacket resplendent with pearl-buttons, velveteen knee-breeches tied with ribbons at the knees, and a rakish Alpine hat with a feather adorned my master's person. The Belovéd Vagabond It was a little on one side and gave the good clergyman a decidedly rakish appearance. The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air Her appearance was rakish, and there was little doubt as to her character. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson She unpinned the rakish beaver and tossed it from her; off came the Norfolk jacket, and followed the beaver. Seven Miles to Arden A French soldier had crept in and raised the stiff arm of the mannikin to the salute, pushed back the hat to a rakish angle. They Shall Not Pass The rakish angle of the cap, with the piercing eyes beneath, the hawk-like beak, and the shriveled old mouth, puckered into a sardonic smile, made him an almost comic figure. The Scarlet Feather Upon his head a gaudy red cap rested with a rakish air. El Diablo I wish every slaver that sails these muddy seas was hung at the yard-arm of his own nasty rakish schooner.” Hunting the Skipper The Cruise of the "Seafowl" Sloop The prau had sighted us and was bearing down in full pursuit; we soon could distinguish its wide-spreading, rakish sails almost touching the water as it sped on. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Fred was a good looking young man, genteelly dressed, but with a dissipated, rakish air. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston The elephant changed suddenly to "a rakish craft." The World I Live In Desmond saw all this, because at night the shade was discarded, though the rakish bandage still eclipsed his right eye. Captain Desmond, V.C. He was leaning back in a morris chair, rakish, debonair, and at his ease. Brand Blotters In fact, the harbor master at Makassar told us that the crews of many of the rakish looking sailing craft which were anchored in close proximity to the Negros were reformed buccaneers. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China The single funnel rose between the captain’s cabin and the wireless room, and had the rakish tilt of the racer. The Pagan Madonna Two French clipper ships were scudding quietly along off the Italian coast, one bright day in June of 1747, when a rakish vessel appeared upon the horizon and speedily bore down upon them. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure He seemed years younger, and the arrangement of his tie and hair were almost rakish. Anna the Adventuress “He reminds me, the way he floats about, of the ghost of some pirate who sailed about the Spanish Main four hundred years ago in a long, low, rakish craft adorned with a black flag.” Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam The grotesque figure, with its outstretched arms and hat set at a rakish angle, looked familiar for some incomprehensible reason. The Windy Hill A tallish, good-looking chap, as the women 'ud call handsome, sort of rakish fellow, you understand. Ravensdene Court Shake out th’ skull an’ cross-bones, Take out th’ signs of Marque, An’ let’s cut loose an’ forage, In a rakish ten-gun barque. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Putting down her two land legs, the Mooncat touched the open hillside a little over a quarter of a mile from the woods, stood straddled and rakish, nose high. The Star Hyacinths She took off her hat, which flight had flung to a somewhat rakish angle, and blinked vigorously towards the trees. Antony Gray,—Gardener She stood thus for a long time, as she had done on that wet October afternoon of Rorie's home-coming; but no rakish horse came swinging round the curve of the carriage-drive. Vixen, Volume I. Reggie declares it is a place where ladies go without their husbands when they want to be rakish and lively. When the Birds Begin to Sing The Argo boomed along under a spanking sou’wester and, sailing near the stranger, to the keen eyes of Talbot came the welcome sight of King George painted upon the stern of the rakish privateer. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure She was a small ship with lean, rakish lines, a hot little speedster, gliding placidly through subspace just now, her engines throttled down. The Star Hyacinths He tilted the little overseas cap which Lily wore to a rakish angle between the mascot's horns. Lady Luck The wheels were red, the horse had a rakish air, the light vehicle swung from side to side as it spun around the curve. Vixen, Volume I. Shoes with a pompon adorned his feet, and a rakish cap decorated with white satin ribbons crowned his head. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol The light ships hung near the Spaniards at a distance and did not board until spars were down and the great rakish hulls were part helpless. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure A battered billycock and a rakish pipe looked round the corner, then withdrew. A Poor Man's House The elder man turned to the window, and through the grey curtain of crepuscule recognised the rakish topsail schooner that had excited Molly's admiration some days before. The Light of Scarthey Larger vessels now built after their model are termed clipper-built: sharp and fast; low in the water; rakish. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Day after day the phantom Frenchman hovered somewhere about, afraid perhaps to try conclusions with that rakish, spiteful-looking British frigate, or perhaps but biding her chance. As We Sweep Through The Deep From the western entrance of the safe, little French seaport steamed the long-bodied, low-hulled privateer: her rakish masts bending beneath the spread of canvas: her tall funnel belching sepia smoke. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure He wore a blue cap with a polished black visor, tilted back on his head, giving him a rakish, devil-may-care aspect. Isle o' Dreams Two native policemen were coming towards them, and between them a bedraggled M'lama, her skirt all awry, her fine hat at a rakish angle, stepped defiantly. The Keepers of the King's Peace He is a rakish looking fellow, dressed in smart but cheap clothing. The Diamond Coterie Heeding nothing of this audience, the girl gave a little rakish toss of her head and called on Pete to strike up. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 They linked arms and passed in the rakish, indolent manner of thorough men of the world who know that but to be seen is to conquer. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World Rather it was a rakish song picked up from drummers coming through the mining camps who sold their inferior wares to the commissary manager. Blue Ridge Country He had a devil-may-care air about him, and he wore, at a rakish angle, a cap, bearing the badge of a well-known school. Explorers of the Dawn "They look the real thing to me," said Dink, eying the long projectiles with a rakish, professional look. The Varmint Her hair was flying from its moorings; her face flamed; and her hat sat at a disreputably rakish angle. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest But this approaching car seemed to be one of some distinction—was long and rather rakish, had a deep sound to the exhaust as it started up the hill toward him. Stubble He shifted the stone back to place, tilted back in his chair, and patting his foot began to whistle a rakish tune. Blue Ridge Country A shrapnel helmet was set at a rakish angle over her golden-brown hair, and she wore the uniform of a Red Cross driver. Tam o' the Scoots Up to now Dink had shared the just pride of the Tennessee Shad in this rakish exhibit that somehow gave the possessor the reputation of having an acquaintance with stage entrances. The Varmint He still wore the bewrinkled suit of store clothes which had become so hateful in Garth's sight; and the broad-brimmed hat was set at a rakish angle. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest He was a stout little man, who wore his hard felt hat at a rakish angle. The Book of All-Power In every attic on the street a rakish craft flies the skull and crossbones, and roves the Spanish Main on rainy afternoons. Wappin' Wharf A Frightful Comedy of Pirates A second glance gave me even more surprise, for it showed that the boat, though not precisely long, low and rakish of build, evidently was of piratical intent. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive They also have felt Tam o’Shanter caps, which they affect with quite a rakish tilt. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia She was a felucca, and as she drew near he made her out to be a large vessel for her rig, and a most rakish, wicked-looking craft. The Three Midshipmen This addition to the cowboy's already picturesque get-up gave him an altogether rakish and daring touch. The Rich Little Poor Boy The allusion to "our more rakish friends" is in keeping with the whole strain of this juvenile correspondence. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) Perched like a rakish derby hat on the arm of the towering pump windmill was the slop cauldron. Make Mine Homogenized And, on the arrival of Charles,—irreproachably correct in dress and demeanour, his clean-shaven, sharp-featured, rakish countenance controlled to praiseworthy nullity of expression, she said:— "The weather is abominable." The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The Dugong had been three days at sea, when a clipper schooner, with dark hull, square yards, and a most rakish look, hove in sight early in the morning, and approached the frigate. The Three Midshipmen The black velvet band about her white hair had slipped down and now crossed her brow transversely a little above one bushy eyebrow, giving an inconceivably rakish appearance to her face. The Dew of Their Youth But in the uncle the eyelids dropped in a curious, heavy way, the eyes looked dull like those of some old, rakish tom-cat, they were slightly rimmed with red. The Lost Girl She was black hulled, and with a rakish rig that gave her the appearance of being a fast sailer. Adventures in Many Lands The ship was out of the house altogether by then, and the roof had settled back over its joists at a rakish angle. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He was a rakish clever young fellow, who had tried his hand at many things, but wanted perseverance to succeed at any. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories When Mademoiselle Verbena returned he was looking almost rakish. The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 As we drew near we discovered her to be a large topsail schooner, with a very rakish appearance. My First Cruise and Other stories All around her, indeed, Lilla could see the pretty women in their slate-gray and rust-colored cloaks, in their rakish little toques from under which their sophisticated eyes peeped out in search of homage. Sacrifice Janet was humming as she put on her berry cap and pulled it over at a rakish angle. Phyllis A Twin He looked rakish and wretched as he bumped about upon his mule. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Her wide hat was tipped to a rakish angle. Apron-Strings He bowed, rakish and smiling, with all the airs of a dancing master. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure His white hair was crispy, brushed back, and his snowy mustache had rather a rakish effect. The Old Folks' Party 1898 The house itself had lost all its rakish and forlorn look, though it retained, in spite of paint, its inviting air of mystery. Phyllis A Twin She wore a black wig at a rakish angle and a string of huge pink beads were lost and found in the folds of fat of her neck. Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman He put it on his head, where it assumed the rakish tilt of a hobo's favorite tam-o'-shanter, and said, "I hope you're not thinking of blaming me for this fiasco." The Impossibles In spite of his years the little officer carried himself jauntily, his wide hat tilted at a rakish angle. Oh, You Tex! In the port of that city were lying two long, rakish schooners flying the French tricolor. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 His tin hat slid to one side of his head at a rakish angle. The Whispering Spheres "Very nice and kind of you to say so, mum," Snac answered, setting his hat a little more on one side, and bending both knees with a rakish swagger. Aunt Rachel It was still further improved, when, having removed it again, she set it on at a rakish artillery angle. The Wrong Woman He wore a pale-blue undershirt, white flannel trousers girt round the waist with a red silk handkerchief, very gaudy moccasins, and a rakish Panama hat with a band of chocolate and gold. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The harbor was crowded at times, with lead-colored, short masted, rakish looking steamers; the streets alive with bustle and activity during day time and swarming with drunken revellers by night. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner "Who would have thought to see our Sarah grown rakish?" asked Blue Bonnet,—and then dodged the pillow sent by Amanda's indignant hand. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party Snac took his way with a flourish, and his mother looked after the tight-clad legs, the broad shoulders, the tall collar, and the rakish hat with mournful admiration. Aunt Rachel The Imp was narrow and rakish, with a low cockpit and a high bow and stern. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters After which them two old cut-ups wink at each other rakish and slap their knees. The House of Torchy These two examples, by-the-way, we cite to such patrons as would hastily return rakish young waiters upon us. The Confidence-Man With characteristic nonchalance he pushed his wideawake off his forehead for the sake of coolness, and in so doing tilted it very much on one side, which gave him a somewhat rakish air. Hunting the Lions You didn't notice, perhaps, that rakish schooner that came to anchor in the bay early in the forenoon. A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta Taking off my bonnet, whose rakish appearance had given me such a shock, I sat down, and for half an hour neither moved nor spoke. That Affair Next Door Even the rakish boots looked submissive, and showed their brass teeth in solemn acquiescence to an inevitability; and somehow they looked not nearly so rakish as formerly. The Ape, the Idiot & Other People The quarter-boat was lowered down, and I proceeded to board her; but as she was large and rakish, O’Brien desired me to be careful, and if there were the least show of resistance to return. Peter Simple Let me see:— well, I don’t know what to say—she does look rakish. Poor Jack I was sent up, as signal mid, to examine them, and found that they were both schooners, hove to close together; one of them very rakish in their appearance. Percival Keene A low schooner, sir, very rakish indeed, black sides. Jacob Faithful Leaning over the rail of a snug little harbor two dummy men in rakish hats and dark coats stared at the new arrivals with lack-luster eyes. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon “I do not know what to make of her; she has a very rakish look, and is not a bit like a merchantman,” I observed, as I glanced at her through my glass. My First Voyage to Southern Seas We stood on till we made her to be a low black brig, with a somewhat rakish appearance. Mark Seaworth One, a large barque, somewhat the nearest to us, was clearly an English merchantman; the other, a low, black schooner, had the wicked, rakish appearance of a Spanish slaver. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman Well," said I, naturally feeling rakish after this, "I will tell you. Vesty of the Basins The brig was a large, rakish craft, with a black hull, and as I looked at her I had some doubts about her character. The Three Lieutenants On the floor lay a boy's cap, torn, rakish, faded with the sun and the snow of their wanderings—a little, green cap. The Black Cross The addition of a rakish slouch hat produced a startling effect, greatly detracting from the strictly artistic, but adding much to the interest of the bust. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Through the curtains could be seen a glimpse of the house opposite, the blind at Bridgie’s window drawn up at its usual rakish angle. More about Pixie “I’ll put in a thousand hairpins next time,” she said angrily, as she fastened the coils to the best of her ability, and straightened the rakish hat. The Fortunes of the Farrells She rested upon her stage, a great, sleek bronze ship, low and rakish, with pointed ends and a flattened, arched turtle-back dome of glassite covering the superstructure and the decks from bow to stern. Wandl the Invader But the snake goes in for extravagance in ribs and vertebræ; an eccentric, rakish, and improper proceeding; part of an irregular and raffish life. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly His long, rakish horns are mounted on a pedicle that extends above his head, thus accentuating the droll length of his features. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country Three little girls are huddled panicky around this young party who wears a brown velvet tam at such a rakish angle on top of her wavy brown hair. Torchy and Vee He narrated various unfortunate transactions connected with the turf and other pursuits, with regret, no doubt, and yet with a fine rakish defiance of destiny. The Lunatic at Large A ruddy, corpulent, paunchy little man, and rakish withal. Gigolo Grace wore a rakish little Scottish cap affair that was immensely becoming but not at all comfortable to swim in. The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue He was built somewhat on the lines of the German renaissance, being low and rakish like a dachshund, but with just a little more freeboard than the dachshund. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country But he might as well have attended a drama by Charles Klein for all the rakish romance he has unearthed. Europe After 8:15 "You want something bigger than this low, black, rakish craft if you are going to be a pirate in the South Seas," remarked Berwick caustically. Frontier Boys in Frisco He even sought an interview with Pappoose and asked her to describe the rakish traveler who had so unfavorably impressed her. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. But there was a rakish look about him. Son of Power At the beginning of the Third Season we find him steering a long, low, rakish Chariot of Fire, with a Clock, a Trunk-Rack, an Emergency Ice- Box and all the other Comforts of Home. Knocking the Neighbors Her mass of dark hair was tucked under a green tam o' shanter perched at an unconsciously rakish angle. Where the Sun Swings North On one farm there were two pigs, intelligent looking animals with roguish eyes and queer rakish ears. The Red Horizon But the Terrans were right in its purpose: That rakish, sharp-prowed ship had been fashioned for swift passage of the seas, for maneuverability as a weapon. Key Out of Time A young woman in flaunting jockey hat, extravagant ‘chignon,’ and gaudy dress, flirts into the den, and turns a bold, half-defiant face upon the rakish masculine figure at the principal desk. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City But Mr. Conne, with hat tilted far down over190 his forehead and cigar at an outrageously rakish angle, was looking straight ahead of him, at a French flag across the way. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer If a fellow were to pull up that driveway in such a rakish craft as you are, they might think him crazy and throw him out. Curlie Carson Listens In Kidd, Lafitte and I infested the coast thereabout, sailing three “low, black-hulled schooners with long rakish masts,” I forced hundreds of merchant seamen to walk the plank—even helpless women and children. The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison There was something rakish, not to say reckless, in the way the elder sat his mount. The Lost Valley Sure enough, there she sat at the steering-wheel of a long, rakish touring-car, the slump of her shoulders vaguely hinting at despair and perhaps a stalled engine. Man to Man She was low in the water, had two smoke-stacks, and presented a very rakish appearance. Fighting for the Right The rakish steamer seems to be headed to the west south-west, and she is exactly south-east of us. A Victorious Union When he pushed back his rakish greasy hat, he showed a remarkably fine forehead—well filled, strong, square—but he had the weakest and most sensual mouth I ever saw. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary Beware a tongue that’s smoothly hung, A heart that warmly seems to feel; That feeling heart but acts a part— ’Tis rakish art in Rob Mossgiel. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham He returned a moment later with his cigar at a rakish angle to his jutting lower lip. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures It had what a sailor would call a decidedly rakish look, and was really a fast as well as a stylish "team," to use the term by which Oscar usually spoke of it. Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way “I never was so scared in all my life,” stated Lois Daggett, straightening her hat which had assumed a rakish angle over one ear. An Alabaster Box When, just before they began to move, Lord Jeffreys, with some of his rakish Companions, coming by, in Wine, ask'd whose Funeral? The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 She descanted upon the hard-earned savings which Andrew had risked, but she held her old head very high with reluctant joy, and her bonnet had a rakish cant. The Portion of Labor But I waited a minute to replace the hat on the rakish one's head. Pieces of Eight And far from being the archetype of its race, this relatively small and undeveloped creature could not begin to match the rakish refinements of the Blue, the Tiger, and the ineffable Great White. The Mantooth The other springs into his rakish craft, spreads his sails to the wind, and dashes over the sparkling main with a feeling that he can do anything he pleases, provided he be strong enough. Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts Ten to one the Missing Link would be found hovering about Madame at such a time, garbed in his simian costume, but with the mask-like make-up turned back, exposing Nickie's florid countenance and rakish grin. The Missing Link On her brow he placed a tinsel crown at a rakish angle. More William There was a distinct return of his rakish manner. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton The propeller revolved slower and slower, stopped at a rakish angle. Skyrider It had a sort of opulent and rakish violence which suited her ripe magnificence, her splendid flesh tints, her brown eyes and corn-gold hair. Dangerous Ages She was a fine woman and the rakish Nicholas had a discriminating eye where the sex was concerned. The Missing Link He had the petulant, half sensuous, spoilt-boy beauty of a young Antinuous, with a rakish touch added by the angle of his hat and his snappy American idioms. The Lee Shore He came there in a long, rakish automobile. Charred Wood Each car was of the same type, a long rakish grey body, low to the ground. The Boy Scouts In Russia There was a rakish, devil-may-care note in his voice that filled her with a vague apprehension. The Splendid Folly "My colours are too rakish and privateerish for Major Fane; and as for Jack, I am afraid he has the bad taste to prefer Bluebells to Lilies." Bluebell A Novel He dented the crown until the hat had that rakish appearance dear to the heart of the cowboy. Sundown Slim Ambrose knew the runner by his rakish, broad-brimmed hat and flying sash. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest There are scores of tiny lakes, deep and pure and tenanted, and babbling streams, and there are the knighted speckled trout, the viking black bass and that rakish aristocrat, the grayling. A Man and a Woman There was no answer for a minute; then Tom appeared, looking somewhat rakish and disheveled. The Rebel of the School A fine young woman of about twenty-three, dressed handsomely but without much fashion in black crape and silk, jumped out with a violence that sent her overplumed black hat to a rakish angle. Joanna Godden The professor was a mere sketch of a man, random, rakish, with head aslant and shifty eyes forever dropping away from a questioner's face. Bunker Bean Down on the current came a rakish york boat floating as idly as a piece of wreckage. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Before her stood Mr. Lumlough and the colonel for whom the gilded asp was being worn at such a rakish angle. The Hawk of Egypt There were six men in a row, headed by a captain, wearing a rakish snow hat and carrying a fine wooden sword. Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun The waitress, for want of a definite order, had brought her coffee, which somehow made her feel very rakish and continental, though she would have much preferred tea. Joanna Godden Beyond was a private dock where two rakish power-boats lay, receiving their cargo of young men and girls—all very animated and gay under the gaudy electric lanterns strung fore and aft rainbow fashion. The Firing Line With this he wore the sombrero of the country, and the combination carried a rakish effect that was positively sinister. Judith of the Plains That was Teddy, a rakish sorrel that had never yet been ridden. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today Promptly at seven the next morning, the rakish pair of trotters stood before the door, with a basket and a large bundle in the back of the rakish little wagon. Sevenoaks I remembered then a young man in uniform, with a rakish cap, trying to find a key while a girl was laughing at him. London River I was inspired to go out and search the window where burned the indigent, just perceptibly, rakish candle. The Jervaise Comedy Lee goes to see her twice a week, and on Sunday afternoon takes her out in his new and rakish runabout, that is as modern as his behavior is obsolete. The Tinder-Box The unfamiliar pose and the rakish tilt of the soft hat were not among the chief clerk's remembered characteristics; but making due allowance for the distortion of the magnified facial outline, the profile was Hallock's. The Taming of Red Butte Western Adams noticed that though he was stunted and anæmic in appearance, he wore his shabby overcoat with an almost rakish swagger. The Wheel of Life He tilted his white hat to a rakish angle and marched away. Jaffery Under the torn, twisted sable cap one little eye was hidden completely, but the other eye loomed up rakish and bruised as a prizefighter's. The White Linen Nurse Nell whirled up the hill first and turned her Buick across the road by the bluff with that rakish skill of hers that always sends my heart into my throat. The Tinder-Box And Miss Nickall, with her grey hair growing fluffier under a somewhat rakish hat, said with a smile of sheer intense watchful benevolence: “Well, good-bye!” The Lion's Share The effect of the white cloth riding aslant over the round glasses and academic countenance was wonderfully rakish and devil-may-care. Queed No ragamuffin was ever so tattered and torn as this rakish individual. Truxton King A Story of Graustark Well, I don't know what to say—she does look rakish. Poor Jack But we thought that you had left your rakish Manners and your youthful Way of Living at Paris. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. But I doubt if I live to a rakish old age. Charles Rex We felt very rakish in the dressing-room, but very sheepish when we joined the gentlemen outside. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 He was a handsome man, with clear-cut features, somewhat rakish from late hours and dissipation, but not the less interesting on that account. After London Or, Wild England They were not gaining much on Shard's rakish craft, the bad ship Desperate Lark, yet they were closer than was to his liking, and they interfered with business. Tales of Wonder These lanterns are held by yameni-runners in semi-military garb, to light up my features for the inspection of an officer wearing a rakish Tartar hat with a brass button and a red horse-hair tassel. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama A lock of grey hair had escaped from her bonnet, across her wrinkled forehead, and gave her a half-careless rakish air. Marcella He was flushed, and looked handsomely dandiacal and rakish as he rolled a cigarette in those quick fingers of his. Leonora |
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