puckish

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Here was an appealing man, puckish, easy-going, unpretentious, in a Wal-Mart flannel shirt.

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  • More puckish, really, making a fish mouth that reminded Tess of Harpo Marx, but what mother wanted to hear that? —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 03] - Butchers Hill
  • Its founder, the bald, puckish (and very rich) Guy Laliberté describes it as "the No 1 entertainment company in the world" - a grandiose statement sure to raise the hackles of any Cirque cynic. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • There's something puckish, even Peter Pan-ish about Pastoras ' —  Every Day Is Like Wednesday
  • And with all the unpleasantness this weekend, including a comment breaking my XHTML, captured for posterity by the playful, puckish, Anne, I find that I have misunderstood one key element of the RDFa specification, and have embarrassed myself greatly. —  Burningbird
  • I chuckle at the way the stories are tilted to make it seem like Jobs is just being endearingly puckish, like a 5th grader writing his best friends list. —  Mobility Site
 

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/ˈpəkɪʃ/
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