malapert

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"I will say what I will in mine own house, thou evil, malapert boy!" roared the old man.

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn

The woman was prepared to put on the airs of outraged dignity, she even glanced up at the malapert with scorn expressed in her small beady eyes.

From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

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

Hold your peace; are you growing malapert? will you force me to make use of my authority? your wife's a well disposed and a virtuous lady; I say it, In verbo sacerdotis.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir

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