smarty-pants
Example Sentences
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His accent is Georgian, and he still says “nucular,” despite years of ridicule from all those Northern smarty pants.
From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023
I make a graham cracker crust that will knock the socks off any child, no matter how big of a smarty pants they are.
From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2021
The slime splashed on the son who had been seen as a clean-as-a-whistle smarty pants.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2020
With a script by Lindsey Beer, the film stars Shannon Purser of “Stranger Things” as the decidedly Ringwaldian smarty pants Sierra Burgess.
From Los Angeles Times
Residual disdain for the teacher's pet makes it satisfying to catch a smarty pants like Gore in an error, while it's no fun to go after the class cutup.
From Time Magazine Archive
