wise guy
Example Sentences
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“You wouldn’t hire a wise guy, you wouldn’t hire a made man, like a mobster, to work in a DA’s office.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024
Locke has Charlie’s gentle deportment but with the soft edge of a cool-kid wise guy.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2023
I enjoyed the Marx Brothers movies, but I liked Groucho because he was the wise guy.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2021
Some wise guy would have tossed in toilet paper.
From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2021
The driver was sort of a wise guy.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.