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
“I would say one person — a little, tiny bit of a raising of a voice, a wise guy a little bit,” Trump said, without identifying the governor.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2020
“What is this wise guy role you’ve been playing?”
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
