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- noun A person who makes
wisecrack remarks; asmart aleck
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Examples
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Brennan was a "wisecracker," all right, all right.
Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles James H. Richardson
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A supporting player in movies, her persona became the vivacious wisecracker who was often in pursuit of reluctant men.
Comedienne Betty Garrett, '40s co-star of Frank Sinatra, dies at 91 Emma Brown 2011
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Should be “… marking him as the Irish wisecracker he was.”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Trek Fan’s Review Forum 2009
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Next time I meet a wisecracker I shall now be wondering what lies beneath.
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He is a compact, frizzy haired wisecracker who has little sympathy for religion.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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The two leads do a credible job in their roles with Myka being the logical skeptic and Pete being the intuitive believer who's also a wisecracker.
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And some of the old Elvis was even back, the happy-go-lucky wisecracker of the early novels who was one of crime fiction's most entertaining characters: perhaps the one you'd most like to have a beer with.
From Nordic to points south and west Maxine 2008
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And some of the old Elvis was even back, the happy-go-lucky wisecracker of the early novels who was one of crime fiction's most entertaining characters: perhaps the one you'd most like to have a beer with.
From Nordic to points south and west Maxine 2008
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And some of the old Elvis was even back, the happy-go-lucky wisecracker of the early novels who was one of crime fiction's most entertaining characters: perhaps the one you'd most like to have a beer with.
June 2008 Maxine 2008
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Then go someplace like CafePress.com to make a tshirt or bumpersticker out of it. and the smile really irritates the wisecracker too
Do Stuff For Money Makes Your Requests Sweeter | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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