smart-aleck
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The question comes: “Are you a sailor?” — prompting Popeye’s first smart-aleck response: “ ‘Ja think I’m a cowboy?”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
That may have been reflected later in his embrace of quarterback Billy Joe Hobert, described by Gastineau as “a smart-aleck country kid” and “riverboat gambler” but also an intense competitor who oozed confidence.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
RuPaul plays a drag queen on a cross-country road trip with a smart-aleck tween in the new comedy series “AJ and the Queen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
To wow her young admirers, Rand would often tell a story of how a smart-aleck book salesman had once challenged her to explain her philosophy while standing on one leg.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2018
I think if I was a frog she’d of talked to me just the same, once I got her started with that smart-aleck question.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
He’s a pint-sized smart aleck who cares deeply for Dunk.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
OK, a smart aleck would say that’s a low bar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2019
I was never a troublemaker, but I was always a smart aleck.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2018
As Stengel later recalled: “You ought to have seen his face when he came out and saw that. Of course, he knew then that I was a big smart aleck, the same as himself.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2017
He thinks I’m trying to be a smart aleck.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
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