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synonyms for jackanapes
- punk
- rascal
- little devil
- kid
- urchin
- whippersnapper
- youngster
- enfant terrible
- holy terror
- impudent child
- unruly child
- wild one
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How to use jackanapes in a sentence
That accomplished, I shall arrest the Dowager and her son and every jackanapes within that castle.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniYou pestilent young jackanapes, do you suppose I haven't noticed your idleness?
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie"Lest he take thee for one of his runaway jackanapes," answered the steward, smiling sourly.
The Abbot | Sir Walter Scott
In another letter he writes about "a jackanapes who has lately made a noise here, one Boswell, by anecdotes of Dr. Johnson."
No, Mr. Harry Jocelyn, you are not the jackanapes you try to make people think you: you understand me.'
Evan Harrington, Complete | George Meredith
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