Dashing harum-scarum all over the place. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : He had a harum-scarum youth. From Dictionary.com.
Adverb : He ran harum-scarum all over the place. From Dictionary.com.
Desmond O'Connor, a wild, harum-scarum, but of good stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
In his harum-scarum haste Mr Lessingham had gone unnoticed. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Don could understand harum-scarum Tim refusing to give up a plan. From Wordnik.com. [Don Strong, Patrol Leader] Reference
And of how they looked & the harum-scarum things they did & said. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
"I see you've got that wild harum-scarum Travers 'girl back again.". From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
"She's such a wild, harum-scarum thing, and she does love to tease.". From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at School] Reference
"What a harum-scarum that Bunny is!" said Mrs. Dashwood with a sigh. From Wordnik.com. [Naughty Miss Bunny A Story for Little Children] Reference
Delia exclaimed, assuming the manner of a harum-scarum Irish hostess. From Wordnik.com. [The Years] Reference
Then she smiled, for she liked all of them, even harum-scarum Belinda. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Form at Malory Towers]
Now, run along, Philip, and look after that harum-scarum nephew of yours. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
"It used to be more harum-scarum, but now people are a lot safer," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Workplace Fatalities Declined Last Year] Reference
His family's money was made on a harum-scarum world, which explained his name. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
“Why, Magdalen! what have you got in that harum-scarum head of yours now?”. From Wordnik.com. [No Name] Reference
And off they would go, on some harum-scarum or other, like a couple of children. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
Elsie, instead of a harum-scarum one with short hair that was mad for the stage?. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Marley, Honey] Reference
Perhaps I mistook the mention of all the policy implications to be harum-scarum. From Wordnik.com. [The RE Benchmark in A&W « Climate Audit] Reference
But how can I go on asking our friends to put up with such a little harum-scarum?. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
In the face of great difficulties Madge was not the harum-scarum person she seemed. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
The plots for Quelccaya, Sajama and Huascaran look pretty harum-scarum to me. epica. From Wordnik.com. [My Prediction for dO18 at Bona Churchill « Climate Audit] Reference
To see Purdy, the foolish harum-scarum, the confessed failure, the mean little COMMIS. From Wordnik.com. [The Way Home] Reference
I am penurious, although I have changed my old harum-scarum habits with regard to money. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
They may prefer to dive into a thrilling, suspenseful harum-scarum world when they read. From Wordnik.com. [My new secret boyfriend] Reference
Sele'ium — a play on the harum-scarum convention of naming yourself after the elements. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
One of them, a harum-scarum young physician, is taken specially under charge by John Brown. From Wordnik.com. [Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on] Reference
Amy ran down again then, in her usual harum-scarum fashion, and the conversation became general. From Wordnik.com. [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference
Kathleen began to remove the contents of the trunk, loosely rolled up and thrown in after a harum-scarum fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
She kept them all, and from them we can learn a good deal of this warm-hearted, week-willed, harum-scarum husband. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
Rhody laughed: 'I didn't mention any names,' said she; 'but I know good driving from harum-scarum, wherever I see it.'. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Randy and his wife were to be trusted to look out for the most harum-scarum boy who ever attended the Edgewood Academy. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
He had left behind him a harum-scarum reputation, and, save for his father and mother, but a solitary relative of his own name. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
The harum-scarum noticed the two males facing off, and with an embarrassment rare for the species, she carefully backed out of sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
The handful of harum-scarum fellows who had scaled the heights and planted the flag before long found themselves facing the great Admiral. From Wordnik.com. [With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne] Reference
And of how they looked, and the harum-scarum things they did and said. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)] Reference
"Tom's rather harum-scarum, but there ain't anything bad in him, I guess.". From Wordnik.com. [Those Extraordinary Twins] Reference
Aided by his teenage daughter (Lily Cole) and a couple of harum-scarum assistants. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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