wise guy

Example Sentences

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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

Some wise guy would have tossed in toilet paper.

From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 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

I expect Ronan to give me some wise guy answer, but instead he looks me in the eye and says, “I wish I’d met your papa.”

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt