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Definition of Smartie
1. smarty [n -S] - See also: smarty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smartie
Literary usage of Smartie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church at Play: A Manual for Directors of Social and Recreational Life by Norman Egbert Richardson (1922)
"Create a vacuum around the "smartie." Secure discipline through group action.
How long to play a game. Music and rhythm. Control through mental alertness. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1815)
"proved to be executed, because such release 0 does not need enrolment; and in
fact such deeds ha\e " often been admitted ; and that wns the case of smartie ..."
3. The Boy and the Sunday School: A Manual of Principle and Method for the Work by John L. Alexander (1913)
"If the other boys of the class make up their minds to unite in the task, both
the "smartie" and joker will become normal boys in less than one season's ..."
4. The Stenographer (1896)
"Adolphus : "How do you like my new collars, Miss smartie? ... Miss
smartie (thoughtfully): "Yes, or like a white-washed fence round a lunatic asylum ! ..."
5. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
""Thank you, smartie," said Maria. "You sound just like the sonofabitch I sat next
to." Now she was looking at Sherman and smiling. ..."
6. The Court of Boyville by William Allen White (1917)
"Mealy looked up, and said with the petulance of a spoiled child, " Hush your
mouth, you old smartie ! What good d 't do you to go an' ..."
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