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Spooner's appearance for what reason? Conceited fellow?
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wise guy
Word definitions for wise guy in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments [syn: smart aleck , wiseacre , wisenheimer , weisenheimer ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (&lit wise guy English) 2 One who is insolent or flippant; one who makes jokes or perpetrates pranks. 3 A knowledgable or successful sports bettor. 4 (context slang English) A member of the Mafia; a mobster
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wise guy , Wise Guy , and Wiseguy can refer to: Made man , an official member of the mafia Tropical Gangsters , a 1982 album by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, released in the US as Wise Guy Wiseguy , a US television series Wiseguy (book) , a 1986 nonfiction ...
Usage examples of wise guy.
NSA might have the phone conversation between this Wise guy and Atlanta, but we haven't seen anything about it yet.
Clark probably feared that some wise guy would publish the number (375-2400), thus inviting input from hundreds of lowly, garden-variety voters.
So I put down the case and stuff--you can't just walk away from a roomful of fireworks, you know--and all the time the bell's going, and I go down, who is this wise guy leaning on the bell.