devil-may-care

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  • Devil May Care — may refer to: Devil May Care, a 1929 film musical starring Ramón Novarro Devil May Care (novel), a James Bond novel by Sebastian Faulks Devil May Care (horse), an American Thoroughbred filly racehorse In music: The Devil May Care, an album by 67… …   Wikipedia

  • Devil-May-Care — Directed by Sidney Franklin Written by Book: Hanns Kräly Play: Ernest Legouvé Eugène Scribe Screenplay Richard Schayer Starring …   Wikipedia

  • Devil may care — Devil Dev il, n. [AS. de[ o]fol, de[ o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel, Goth. diaba[ u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • devil-may-care — adj. 1. cheerfully irresponsible. Syn: carefree, happy go lucky, harum scarum, slaphappy. [WordNet 1.5] 2. marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness. Syn: raffish, rakish. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • devil-may-care — adj happy and willing to take risks ▪ a devil may care attitude to life …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • devil may care — If you live a devil may care life it means you are willing to take more risks than most people …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • devil-may-care — ► devil may care cheerful and reckless. Main Entry: ↑devil …   English terms dictionary

  • devil-may-care — adjective relaxed and happy, with a tendency to take risks and not worry about the future …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • devil-may-care — 1837 (but suggested in other forms by 1793) …   Etymology dictionary

  • devil-may-care — [dev΄əl mā ker′] adj. reckless or careless; happy go lucky …   English World dictionary

  • Devil May Care (EP) — This article is about the Susperia EP. For other albums with similar titles, see Devil May Care (disambiguation). Devil May Care EP by Susperia …   Wikipedia

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