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 D.A.’s office.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 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

“As a young writer, I was the dandiest, cleverest wit and wise guy — a cinch if one possesses the meager gifts,” he writes.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2020

They hadn’t warned the crowd about illegal punches— and there was always a wise guy out there ready to pull a fast one.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier