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How to pronounce harum-scarum in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms carefree, devil-may-care, freewheeling, happy-go-lucky, slaphappy


had a harum-scarum youth.
Type Words
Synonyms pell-mell


dashing harum-scarum all over the place.
Type Words
Synonyms daredevil, hothead, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler
Type of adventurer, venturer
Has types tearaway

Examples of harum-scarum

harum-scarum
Their passing has been rather harum scarum so far, trying to get rid too soon.
From the guardian.co.uk
But the opening packs in so much harum-scarum it's hard to find your sea legs.
From the guardian.co.uk
For a few harum-scarum days the pair zipped around the grottier areas of Manhattan.
From the independent.co.uk
I have no more than that, such was the harum-scarum nature of the last few minutes.
From the guardian.co.uk
Conservatives were impressed by his lack of harum-scarum economics.
From the time.com
Strange, I say, because England under Martin Johnson have been a harum-scarum sort of team.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
I have always fancied you for a little harum-scarum and inaccurate.
From the newscientist.com
Proper harum-scarum stuff as Defoe surges up the other end.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It was helter-skelter stuff, harum-scarum rugby with desperation written all over two ordinary teams.
From the nzherald.co.nz