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- adjective That is characteristic of a
smart aleck
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Examples
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The writer acknowledges the seriousness of the material despite the often comically aggressive smart-aleck figure of Oskar.
Author Uses His City, and City Takes Note Nicolas Rapold 2011
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Enlightened by a female smart-aleck « MangaBlog Says:
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Or maybe some smart-aleck kids in a school with lots of Jewish students will decide to wear Syrian or Egyptian flags during Yom Kippur.
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I was almost back to normal—well, I don't think I'll ever really be normal normal again—when a smart-aleck remark by somebody passing by sent me crashing downward again.
Who's Better: Michael Jackson or Shakespeare? Con Chapman 2011
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Second: {Or maybe some smart-aleck kids in a school with lots of Jewish students will decide to wear Syrian or Egyptian flags during Yom Kippur.}
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As I lay in bed, wide awake, I noticed several physiological changes in my body—and where else, you ask in a smart-aleck tone, would I notice them?
How to Snore in French Con Chapman 2011
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Damon makes several smart-aleck comments and Elena reminds him that she saved his life.
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What's a young smart-aleck going to do with that precious hour of free time—play touch football or watch Rocky and Bullwinkle?
Can Bone-Munching Zombie Worms Help Fight Childhood Obesity? Con Chapman 2011
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More than 30 years after it first appeared, the book hasn't lost a jot of its riffing, smart-aleck energy.
Corruption on the Hudson Sam Sacks 2011
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Second: {Or maybe some smart-aleck kids in a school with lots of Jewish students will decide to wear Syrian or Egyptian flags during Yom Kippur.}
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