"Harum-scarum" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in a kilt whom his companions designate "the Bourach." Requesting an explanation of the term I am told that "Bourach" is the Gaelic for "through-other," which again is the Scottish synonym for a kind of amalgam of addled and harum-scarum. A jolly tanner observes: "I'll get a compartment to oursels." The reason of the desire for this exclusive accommodation is apparent as soon as we start. A "deck" of cards is produced and a quartette betake themselves ...
— Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places • Archibald Forbes
... down again then, in her usual harum-scarum fashion, and the conversation became general. How had the girls finished their high-school year? And how had the boys managed to stay a whole year at Yale without being asked to leave for the good ...
— The Campfire Girls of Roselawn - A Strange Message from the Air • Margaret Penrose
... ain't the story I have," drawled the squire. "Where's that wild harum-scarum Tavia Travers? She's the one ...
— Dorothy Dale • Margaret Penrose
... more partiality to him than to any one, and wonders incessantly how he managed to pick up so unworthy and harum-scarum ...
— The Dew of Their Youth • S. R. Crockett
... actress even then," he went on. "Colonel King had a beautiful daughter, and he was supposed to have a son—a harum-scarum, reckless lad, who went galloping over the ranges with the cowboys, roped cattle, took part in round-ups, and did all sorts of things like that. This boy was known as Tom King. Colonel King's foreman, Injun Jack, had a grudge against Frank Merriwell and swore to kill him. He found his opportunity ...
— Frank Merriwell's Son - A Chip Off the Old Block • Burt L. Standish
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