RAKISH


Meaning of RAKISH in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

angle

There was Philippa Mannering looking avid in a beautifully cut check suit and a brown beret at a rakish angle .

But some were written at rakish angles .

A black, felt bowler sits on his head, tilted slightly forward at a rakish angle .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a rakish suit

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A black, felt bowler sits on his head, tilted slightly forward at a rakish angle.

A man stood, rakish and upright, and stared at the fences.

Brothels, bars, gambling, rakish clothes and tough-guy postures became his style.

I don't think I should have risked anything quite so rakish .

Saker always has paler crown and is less slender and rakish , but may otherwise be hard to distinguish.

There was Philippa Mannering looking avid in a beautifully cut check suit and a brown beret at a rakish angle.

What a rakish figure did I cut.

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