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Definition of Smarty
1. an obnoxiously conceited person [n SMARTIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smarty
Literary usage of Smarty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review edited by Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart (1880)
"1 Now, smarty,' I said, ' I haven't done anything to yon, have I ? ... exclaimed
smarty ; ' I don't know half the time what I do mean and what 1 don't, ..."
2. Soper's Select Speaker: Containing Choicest Orations, Humorous, Dramatic and by Henry Marlin Soper, Soper School of Oratory (1901)
"An' I says: "I don't 'spect to go nowhere where you go. ole smarty; ole smarty;
ole smarty. I jus' hate ever' boy in the worl' but my pa an' Kip Elbert; ..."
3. The Bookman (1906)
"Why, he's a smarty, that's just what he is. Yes, a smarty, and a wrecker of homes,
a wrecker of homes—breaking up my flat like this. ..."
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