jack-the-lad

• “In his mind, these incitements to party down, combined with all the jack-the-lad funnies, are slowly transforming him from Bullingdon Club toff to a latterday Jacko from Brush Strokes.”

  The Guardian: You're the prime minister, Cameron. Please stop behaving like the David Brent of British politics | Sam Delaney

• “Maybe by showing that he was taking care of Pete, if accompanying a known alcoholic to the pub could strictly be called taking care of, he would somehow impress her, show her that he was more than just another jack-the-lad.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Home for Broken Hearts

• “And now he was knackered anyway, his carefully cultivated jack-the-lad image making the truth about him all the more sensational.”

  Gridlock

• “Such talk sits at odds with Nigel Kennedy's public jack-the-lad persona.”

  Evening Standard - Home

• “He's more than just an all-round jack-the-lad good egg.”

  The Guardian World News

• “Mentor Gary Barlow is playing a risky game by casting him as jack-the-lad, complete with footage of the unwashed urchin out on the tiles.”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “He was a very likeable, jack-the-lad type of bloke.”

  Whitehaven News headlines

• “Alongside his jack-the-lad image, however, Higgins had a darker side.”

  Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph

• “In fact, they turned not to Enda, but to Henry's other children, before eventually settling for the one in the middle, a bit of a jack-the-lad at the time, who was most keen on the job.”

  Irish Blogs

• “But now it looks horribly like I'm going to have to moderate this roving jack-the-lad behaviour.”

  FWi - All News

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