"Smart aleck" Quotes from Famous Books
... about time there were a few business changes in Green Valley, that a few business funerals would help a lot and freshen up things; that Uncle Tony was no business man, and a lot of that sort of stuff. And of course Hughey Mason, being a smart Aleck, pipes up and says, 'That's so, Uncle Tony is no business man. Why, Tom Hall says that when you find Uncle Tony's emporium locked at eleven o'clock of a winter morning you can bet your bottom dollar Uncle Tony's home ... — Green Valley • Katharine Reynolds
... try to kill you any more. You've cornered wheat, have you? All right.... Your own wheat, my smart Aleck, will do all the ... — The Pit • Frank Norris |