malapert

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A very malapert cur, I can tell him that; I do not like his fawning—You must be taught your distance, sirrah.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Out with thee, malapert knave," said the young man, in his vexation, "and know to respect thy betters.

From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill

One morning, his barber, a malapert of the old comedies, ventured to ask him what he was thinking of.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various

"What! are we to sit here to listen to malapert railings against men of godly life and conversation?" he added, addressing himself to Winthrop.

From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill

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