wise guy
Example Sentences
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Mad magazine’s award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 3, 2023
Locke has Charlie’s gentle deportment but with the soft edge of a cool-kid wise guy.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
Some wise guy would have tossed in toilet paper.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2021
Brown had gone from wise guy to wise man, from skinflint to a bit of a spendthrift; the bullet train caught his eye and his imagination, though it also courted controversy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2020
Clevinger was a troublemaker and a wise guy.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
