devil-may-care \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 v.0.48
devil-may-care
adj 1: cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money";
"freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum
youth" [syn: carefree, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky,
harum-scarum, slaphappy]
2: marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness;
"a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"-
Crary Moore [syn: raffish, rakish]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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