GREENFIELD: Joe Lieberman does have a kind of puckish sense of humor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2003] Reference
"puckish" Microsoft move, says antitrust expert in an analysis of the latest maneuver. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
He had -- has, I hope, a very puckish sense of humor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2002] Reference
Kevin's face had lost all traces of its puckish humor. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
Graham interrupted her, a puckish expression on his face. From Wordnik.com. ['Military Recruiters Had Access To Harvard Students] Reference
The scientist, it is said, had a puckish sense of humour. From Wordnik.com. [meltdown in economy] Reference
He has big ears, an open mind and a puckish sense of humor. From Wordnik.com. [Where History Is Alive and Well] Reference
"" We have significant ambitions, '' says the puckish Becker. From Wordnik.com. [A Sylvan Invasion] Reference
She had a puckish humor when she wasn't remembering her planet. From Wordnik.com. [Agent Of The Terran Empire]
And a subtle, yet oddly puckish desire for an after dinner mint. From Wordnik.com. [snowy day] Reference
It made her puckish sense of humour all the more exciting to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
On my computer, there are no more puckish elves on the Google home page. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Hanson: Joy to the World, Peace is Restored] Reference
Mr. Tierney is known for a puckish, often conceptual approach to reporting. From Wordnik.com. [Off the Record] Reference
It was an abstract conception of music to say the least, ethereal and puckish. From Wordnik.com. [Monk, Eisenberg and Banhart: Oh Me, Oh My, They're So Unusual] Reference
Elvensteeds had a puckish sense of humor, in addition to being oddly literal-minded. From Wordnik.com. [Music To My Sorrow]
Some of his friends thought they saw less of his puckish humor, more of his impatience. From Wordnik.com. [INNER CIRCLE] Reference
Appearances are important, too, and Mr. Powell is a puckish observer of the human form. From Wordnik.com. [Anthony Powell Stretches His Legs] Reference
He resisted a puckish urge to try the experiment But there was no voice from the oracle. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
My father, feeling puckish, decided to pull into a weigh station like the “big boys”. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Stupid Government Indignity of the Day] Reference
Instead, Cohen is revealed as puckish, self-deprecating and generous of heart time and again. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: DVDs: Leonard Cohen-Palooza! (And More)] Reference
Still personable and puckish in recent years, Mr. Elder directed some of his best humor at his family. From Wordnik.com. [Physicist Didn't Profit From Wet Suit,] Reference
"He is an excellent painter," a cabinet member explained, citing the president's "puckish use of mauve.". From Wordnik.com. [What's My Motivation?] Reference
But her slender face enthralled him with its waif eyes and a puckish smile that showed small white teeth. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
The amused drawl came from a tall thin man with a puckish professorial face and prematurely thinning hair. From Wordnik.com. [River Of Desire]
Typical was his puckish description of why he moved teaching posts, from Columbia to Georgetown Law School. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Ginsburg's Legacy: Love Of Justice (Ginsburg)] Reference
And he seems to enjoy his entire life and puts it all out there with a puckish sense of humor and good will. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Cooper is thinking about running for the Senate] Reference
More puckish, really, making a fish mouth that reminded Tess of Harpo Marx, but what mother wanted to hear that?. From Wordnik.com. [Butchers Hill]
The trio of witches whose verve and wit helped give 1984's "The Witches of Eastwick" its puckish glee, are back. From Wordnik.com. [Bewitched] Reference
Ty glanced upward, his puckish face wearing the totally innocuous expression that told Toni he was up to no good. From Wordnik.com. [River Of Desire]
McCain's puckish charm also fits well with the entertainment culture that is increasingly encroaching on politics. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Human Hero] Reference
Or better yet, to serve as a means to better snub your puckish little nose at those that clearly don't rate your company. From Wordnik.com. [crunch n munch] Reference
He set his cup carefully down on the saucer and steepled his fingers thoughtfully, his puckish expression turning serious. From Wordnik.com. [Burning Water]
His words seem jumbled, almost as if he's stumbling through his prose like an old beatnik raconteur set to a puckish drone. From Wordnik.com. [FallNews - anecdotes] Reference
C.C. Sabathia had a good game that night and I was feeling puckish, so I wrote this headline: Sabathia cleanses Colon issue. From Wordnik.com. [Jon Greenberg: Winter Classic Kicks Off New Year: Will it be Any Better?] Reference
MRS. OLIVER ONIONS has a light puckish humour and a smooth if over-hasty pen, and I don't think she quite does her own intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917] Reference
Alan Cumming lets it be known through a puckish yet no-uncertain-terms manner that he's not the type to modulate his behavior for anyone. From Wordnik.com. [David Finkle: First-Nighter: Alan Cumming Acts Up, Acts Waaaaaay Up] Reference
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