See cheeky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1899 February, Rudyard Kipling, “The Impressionists”, in Stalky & Co., London: Macmillan & Co., published 1899, →OCLC, page 112:",
"text": "'Shut up,' said Harrison. 'You chaps always behave as if you were jawin' us when we come to jaw you.' / 'You're a lot too cheeky,' said Craye.",
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"ref": "1909, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 7, in The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England:",
"text": "The Young Turks, as might have been expected, wrote in their customary flippant, cheeky style.",
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"ref": "1984, Hugh Lunn, Queenslanders, page 159:",
"text": "Barry said he introduced the cheeky bikini to the Coast three years ago: \"I took a theatrical garment worn for as long as there have been strippers and showgirls — the G-string — and put it on the beach and gave it a name and we sold a heap.\"",
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"ref": "2002, Elle, volume 17:",
"text": "Joyce Azria oversees a staff of twelve, manages a multimillion-dollar budget, and, in her first year as director of BCBG swimwear, designed cheeky bikinis and deep-V maillots that became top sellers at Bloomingdale's.",
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"ref": "1994, Victoria Katherine Burbank, Fighting Women: Anger and Aggression in Aboriginal Australia, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 57:",
"text": "A death adder is cheeky, a tree snake quiet. Wasps are only cheeky if you hold them in your hand.",
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"ref": "1995, Richard Shine, Australian Snakes: A Natural History, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 176:",
"text": "There is no doubt that many have been killed by large elapids, and that Aborigines treat such 'cheeky' snakes (and colubrids of similar appearance) with great respect.",
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"ref": "2009, Amy Huberman, Hello, Heartbreak, Penguin UK, →ISBN:",
"text": "Although sometimes I'd award myself a cheeky McDonald's hangover treat if I did well.",
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"ref": "2010, Richard Herring, How Not to Grow Up: A Coming of Age Memoir. Sort of., Random House, →ISBN, page 285:",
"text": "It was a massive struggle to resist the lure of a cheeky beer, but I held firm.",
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"ref": "2011, John Donoghue, Police, Crime & 999, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 7:",
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"sense": "impudent; impertinent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "descarado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "impudent; impertinent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pícaro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "impudent; impertinent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "impertinente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "impudent; impertinent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "insolente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "impudent; impertinent",
"word": "fräck"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "impudent; impertinent",
"word": "yüzsüz"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "impudent; impertinent",
"word": "bretaal"
}
],
"word": "cheeky"
}
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