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
“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
He gave me a sideways look as if to say “Oh, a wise guy, huh?” and said suddenly, decisively, “I think maybe I’d better take your name.”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
