malapert

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I had a wife—may heaven bless her soul—but when it happened sometimes that she played malapert, I used to mount the high horse, and bring out my thunder.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John

"That malapert bumpkin will be no friend either to me or to your majesty," he said.

From St George's Cross by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)

Because of the malapert efforts of the builders, the mountain has shaken its monstrous sides with laughter till the tears ran adown its face and washed out their puny sticks and stones.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

In this same impious malapert he had recognised M. le Marquis de St. Genis!

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

"Did that little malapert come with you?" asked Porbus of the older man.

From The Unknown Masterpiece 1845 by Balzac, Honoré de