| For instance, Stanley's first entrance foreshadows his predatory appetite and his raffishness. |
| Head into the wooded foothills to Badenweiler, a spa town with that mix of classical gentility, raffishness and effusive horticulture that marks the better thermal spots. |
| His diligence and raffishness charmed Henry, and he soon united the king with Anne Boleyn, who became his second queen. |
| As usual, nobody seems to know where the words originated, except that they both grew out of gambling, the race track and general raffishness. |
| But while those places have lost their Johnny-come-lately airs, Kuala Lumpur retains its charming frontier-town raffishness. |
| Describes Stone's speaking and writing style as a mix of raffishness and erudition. |
