Definitions
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- adjective Like a buccaneer; piratical.
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- adjective Like a
buccaneer ;piratical .
Etymologies
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buccaneer + -ish
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Examples
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This fierce and buccaneerish person summoned the dozing hostler in a coarse, imperative voice, flung him the reins, sprang from his seat, and assisted his companion to alight.
The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss
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One recommends this Cazaio rather to the spinners of romance: with his morality -- a trifle buccaneerish on occasion -- once discreetly palliated, history affords few heroes more instantly taking to the fancy ....
Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918
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