Read full poem →am a gentleman — and a soldier ; such dainty oaths !
and withal, he does take this same filthy roguish to-
bacco, the finest and cleanliest ! it would do a man
Dictionary Entry
Unprincipled or unscrupulous.
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Common Phrases
smile roguisheyes roguishtwinkle roguishgrin roguishlook roguish. roguish
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Poetry examples for “roguish”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →His heart up at the strain;
Nay, roguish ran the vein.
Two tedious acts were past;
Read full poem →Our lasses a’ she far excels,
An’ she has twa sparkling roguish een.
Read full poem →To find himself in one. Well, all we said was
He took a strange thing to be roguish over.