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Definition of devil-may-care adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

devil-may-care

adjective

/ˌdevl meɪ ˈkeə(r)/

/ˌdevl meɪ ˈker/

[usually before noun]

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cheerful and not worried about the future
- a devil-may-care attitude to life
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