Playfully mischievous

Usage examples of roguish.

Fool to lie in dungeon fettered and gyved along of innocent rogues and roguish robber?

They ordered their Lettuce Sandwiches and diluted Ceylon in a Restaurant where roguish Men-about-Town sat facing the Main Entrance to pipe the pulchritudinous Pippins.

And at the same time, asks me to give him money to persue his own roguish tricks to the detriment of other honest folks.

I am minded to put you in charge of that business, Ramose, because having been a merchant as well as a learned man and a lover of what is beautiful, you would save me from being cheated by roguish architects and craftsmen.

Then rose the maiden tender, From stool all golden bound, Her waist is trim and slender, Her bosom full and round, Each dimpled cheek encloses An Astrild, roguish sprite, As when on opening roses, The butterflies alight.

Call my darling up with round and roguish challenge: Quaintest, richest carol of all the singing throats!

Fool to lie in dungeon fettered and gyved along of innocent rogues and roguish robber?

Sometimes it is the perfume of clematis which decides one in his choice or the roguish glance of the servant at an inn.

That being the case, Picard had to wonder what more-than-human characteristics were represented by 0’s weathered features and stout frame, and how much the older Q’s memories may have colored his anthropomorphized portrait of the roguish stranger.

So much of the time of the Beachcomber is spent sweeping with hopeful eyes the breadths of the empty sea, policing the uproarious beaches, overhauling the hordes of roguish reefs, and the medley concealed in cosy caves by waves that storm at the bare mention of the rights of private property, that he cannot avoid casual acquaintance with the scores of animated things which ceaselessly woo him from the pursuit of his calling.

I ordered salad frisee, a hanger steak, and a glass of cabernet from Julian, a roguish pixie.

His dark beard and eye patch gave him a roguish look that caught the gaze of every wench in the room, though he seemed to have eyes only for Ruha.

With the departure of the two—and I wondering much how Jennifer would comport herself with her roguish father-in-law (though I did not doubt her coolness in his respect)--we sat for a while in the garden imbibing chilled champagne and then retired within to the cool of the drawing room where Clive seemed quietly pleased to find himself in solely feminine company.

Telzey Amberdon occupies pride of place, of course, but you will also find all of Trigger Argee (my personal favorite), the roguish Heslet Quillan, Holati Tate, Pilch, Professor Mantelish, Wellan Dasinger—each and every one.

Telzey Amberdon occupies pride of place, of course, but you will also find all of Trigger Argee (my personal favorite), the roguish Heslet Quillan, Holati Tate, Pilch, Professor Mantelish, Wellan Dasinger—each and every one.