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What (who) is raffish - definition
raffish
Raffish people and places are not very respectable but are attractive and stylish in spite of this. (WRITTEN)
He was handsome in a raffish kind of way...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Raffish
·adj Resembling, or having the character of, raff, or a raff; worthless; low.
Examples of use of raffish
1. But beneath the raffish exterior lie some high–watt minds.
2. Yes, Ive no doubt that Carlo Brandelli is a jolly, raffish fellow.
3. And he had clearly tried to emulate Mr Brown‘s slightly raffish brilliantined comb–across.
4. Why do his nights out always have to end up in the early hours at one of London’s raffish nightclubs?
5. I‘ll already be dancing through the dead leaves with my perfect, raffish, multiculti Londoner‘s feet, looking smug and jiggling my tassels.