malapert

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You are malapert," said the lady with a toss of her head; "besides they are so dirty.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

"My cheerfulness can bear some strain--but the malapert must be permitted to be silent sometimes when there are serious matters to be considered."

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

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

Ha! ha!" laughed the oddity who had volunteered this malapert response to the jester's inquiry, "yonder sign-post"—pointing to the aged dame—"has lost its fingers—or rather its ears.

From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart

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