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  • noun Plural form of wiseacre.

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Examples

  • Please - can we have a public apology from all those media "wiseacres" who told us that Hezbollah was a just a Lebanese national liberation movement.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • Among even his adherents and friends -- especially the 'wiseacres' of whom he had spoken -- there was much astonishment and shaking of heads.

    Life of Luther Julius Koestlin

  • The 'wiseacres' he was thinking of were professors and theologians of his circle at Wittenberg.

    Life of Luther Julius Koestlin

  • The 'wiseacres' he was thinking of were professors and theologians of his circle at Wittenberg.

    Life of Martin Luther Koestlin, Julius 1881

  • Among even his adherents and friends ” especially the 'wiseacres' of whom he had spoken ” there was much astonishment and shaking of heads.

    Life of Martin Luther Koestlin, Julius 1881

  • His political spinelessness was translated into a grand display of principle by the wiseacres at NaPo: it was supposedly taking a stand against terrorism.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • On Japanese blogs, wiseacres already are referring to our 1960s-era reactor design as the "third nuclear attack on Japan," sniping that conveniently ignores our local partner, Hitachi.

    What GE Was Thinking in 2011 Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • Not to mention the wiseacres with the Sharpies desecrating his saintly image (which is not, contrary to urban legend, against the law).

    Think Progress » Rep. Patrick McHenry proposes replacing Grant with Reagan on the $50 bill. 2010

  • Mr. Zell, in his illustrious career, has done well not to take the advice of wiseacres.

    Sam Zell's Nightmare Continues Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • Affidavit: In my training and experience, wiseacres, like Chris Travers, usually have recording equipment with evidence of crimes secreted in their vehicles.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Ten Rules for Dealing with Police 2010

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