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Smart aleck

noun
1.
An upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments.  Synonyms: weisenheimer, wise guy, wiseacre, wisenheimer.






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"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



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