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October 13, 2009 at 6:04 am aisle tayk ‘errportz een Parus furr $200, Alecks’
Fred decided - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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"I'll catch you Smart-Alecks yet!" he muttered surlily.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent Allen Chapman
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If we'd have been the smart, 'never-make-a-mistake' Alecks, like we're depicted in books, why, of course we'd have 'deducted' this right-away, I suppose?
The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall
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As he walked out he did not hear the remark of Braun to the clerk: "He's one of those smart Alecks that have to be sat down on occasionally, but I guess I gave him a lesson."
A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" William H. Maher
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He was one of those smart Alecks who knew all the tricks (or at least he thought he did), and he imagined that it was his especial duty to warn others of their danger.
Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol
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He is responsible for the validity of that book, and we may defy all the smart Alecks and devils in the universe to invalidate a single essential word of it.
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That would make some of the smart Alecks mad, and they would make a great deal of noise.
Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol
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"I'll get you for this, you smart Alecks," he declared chokingly.
Left End Edwards Ralph Henry Barbour 1907
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Alecks will try to get the laugh on us because they'll be a thinkin 'we don't know what dayboo means an' we'll take the laugh an 'keep it
The Comings of Cousin Ann Emma Speed Sampson 1907
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Dan knew that he was goin 'to bring down the price o' Alecks an 'Henshaws.
Keeping up with Lizzie Irving Bacheller 1904
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