malapert

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But when he came to the hills, clad in shoddy finery to visit men in honest homespun, he bore himself with a cocksure dare-deviltry and malapert condescension.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville

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

The folk are sure to recognize you, malapert," said he, giving Stuteley his favorite name for him, "and there will be an outcry.

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

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

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

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