Word: puckish
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Stern is a voluble, pudgy man with dimples and a cheery, puckish smile. His family brought him to the U.S. from Russia when he was only a year old, and not long after that, decided that he should be a violinist. In the course of time, Isaac dutifully obliged. Trained wholly in the U.S., he has become the special idol of a big following of younger American musicians; he feels that they have gained hope from his success...
...With puckish grin and rolling eye, he surveyed the achievements of two years of Tory government. "We are not without some satisfaction," he said, and the understatement got a roar. "Danger is farther away than when we went into harness . . . Recovery will grow surer and firmer as the clattering months roll...
...columnist for the Scripps-Howard chain and 152 other newspapers around the U.S., Robert Ruark, 37, makes close to $75,000 a year with a brew of simple ingredients. "I'm cute, angry, loud, puckish or perverse every day in print " he says. But Ruark feels he has outstayed his welcome as a New York columnist. Furthermore, he isn't "having...
This puckered, puckish puss belongs to Cupid. Peering, leering out of your mailbox, his target for today...
Victor Moore is a Puckish sort of a fellow with a twinkle in his eyes. He brings so much warmth and humor to the part of Gramps Northrup that the audience barely has time to notice the other characters or even the general story. From the time he appears until the final scene Moore has the audience completely within his grasp, making them laugh and making them cry without any effort...