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Swashbuckling   /swˈɑʃbˌəklɪŋ/   Listen
Swashbuckling

adjective
1.
Flamboyantly adventurous.  Synonym: swaggering.





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"Swashbuckling" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the old type of Hussar was a rowdy, quarrelsome, swashbuckling, tippler, but also brave to the point of foolhardiness; for the rest, he was completely ignorant of anything that was not connected with his horse, his arms and his duties in the face of the enemy. Pertelay the younger, on the other hand, was quiet, ...
— The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot, Translated by - Oliver C. Colt • Baron de Marbot


Words linked to "Swashbuckling" :   adventurous, swaggering, adventuresome, conduct, deportment, demeanor, behavior, demeanour, behaviour


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