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- noun Alternative spelling of
smart aleck .
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sarra commented on the word smart alec
Pronounced, like smart-arse, with the stress on “smart”; Alec is left uncapitalised. Said, I've just learnt, to be used after an 1840s New Yorker: Alec Hoag. Pimp, thief and con artist!
Something or someone can be smart-alecky.
April 25, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word smart alec
Cf. smart aleck.
March 13, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word smart alec
See smart alice.
March 13, 2010