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Harum-scarum

noun
1.
A reckless impetuous irresponsible person.  Synonyms: daredevil, hothead, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler.





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"Harum-scarum" Quotes from Famous Books



... as he liked, but somehow he did not do so. Then Mrs. Poole got her husband to make private inquiries about Miss Nancarrow. Good-natured Jim obeyed her, and had to confess that the report was tolerable enough; the girl was perhaps a little harum-scarum, no worse. ...
— Thyrza • George Gissing


Words linked to "Harum-scarum" :   irresponsible, tearaway, venturer, adventurer, swashbuckler


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