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jackanapes
noun as in brat
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“And that,” his manner seemed to say, “is one for you, you interfering little jackanapes.”
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At this uncomfortable juncture, I perceived with no little confusion that Bono watched us, grinning a wide, jackanapes smile; which cajolery threw me into more distress.
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The jackanapes in the slashed pink doublet hissed.
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But after four cocktails the Coney Island jackanapes started to mislay its manners.
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"By his extreme youth, he can only be a prancing jackanapes, and so I name him."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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