malapert

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"I'll e'en fetch him to you myself, malapert," said Warrenton.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

I am afraid she's too full fed; that makes her be so malapert; but had but I the ordering of her, I vow to gad I'd quickly make her pinch for't.

From The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women by Anonymous

"And yet," continued the malapert, "methinks there is nothing to offer thee but some ham, or preserved pigs' tongues, which, of course, thou tastest not of."

From The Buccaneer A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.

At this the cranes, putting down the other leg, all, after some steps, took to flight; whereupon Currado said to him, 'How sayst thou now, malapert knave that thou art?

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John

Vaine-glorious, malapert, precise, deuout, Be tearmes which threaten those that go about To stand in opposition of our times With true defiance, or satyricke rimes.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John