jackanapes

Example Sentences

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Indeed, “those jackanapes Mets,” as the New Yorker’s Roger Angell called them, have long been celebrated for treating baseball as a kind of never-ending fraternity hazing.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2020

Other words Mr Bercow has used that other MPs have said extremely rarely, or never, include: "Demosthenian, "Einsteinian, "Flaubert", "Heidegger", "irascibility", "jackanapes", "rhapsodise", "susurrations" and "testicle".

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2019

Foreign Affairs Mischa Auer, gangling, rubber-faced, Russian-born cinema jackanapes, was removed from the vice-presidency of the Russian-American club of Los Angeles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Humorist H. Allen Smith, a longtime friend and fellow jackanapes who died last year, records these contradictions with bemusement and affection.

From Time Magazine Archive

"By his extreme youth, he can only be a prancing jackanapes, and so I name him."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin