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jackanapes

noun as in brat

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Example Sentences

“And that,” his manner seemed to say, “is one for you, you interfering little jackanapes.”

At this uncomfortable juncture, I perceived with no little confusion that Bono watched us, grinning a wide, jackanapes smile; which cajolery threw me into more distress.

The jackanapes in the slashed pink doublet hissed.

But after four cocktails the Coney Island jackanapes started to mislay its manners.

From BBC

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

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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