Swashbuckling definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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In courts bristling with testosterone -- swashbuckling generals, polished courtiers, and virile cardinals -- many royal women had love affairs; affairs that led to many untimely deaths or ruin of a queen's reputation and Elaenor Herman uncovers all the gritty details!

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flamboyantly reckless and boastful behavior
flamboyantly adventurous

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Entrepreneurial and swashbuckling, these small firms are "the closest thing Canada's ever developed to a homegrown Silicon Valley-type business culture," argues Gary Leach, of the Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada. — Macleans.ca
Stay tuned for tales of swashbuckling, plenty of photos, and earth-shattering observations about life and travel as I leave behind nine years in corporate America in hopes of losing (and finding) my mind on the road! — TravelPod.com Recent Updates
One of the many good swashbuckling-free-marketeer lines from the speech McCain is giving right now at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. — Planet Gore
Expect a rush of 'swashbuckling' and "flashing blade" comments shortly. — British Blogs
The personalities fit the model, all right, Mickelson as the swashbuckling crowd-pleaser, — NY Daily News