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- noun Plural form of
wisecracker .
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Examples
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The wisecrackers said he had a hot temper and sought transfers to other departments.
Human Resources Traci Moore 2011
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I also gave away a few wisecrackers that were given to me in San Jose by Mike Ahrens, though I kept these for myself:
BSNYC Road Dairy: Last Stop Portland BikeSnobNYC 2010
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The kind in which a foot meets with a ball – decidedly unlike American football, which many wisecrackers have suggested would be more appropriately titled “Throwball.”
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And, yeah, we already thought of a toupee, you wisecrackers.
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And, yeah, we already thought of a toupee, you wisecrackers.
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Albert Katz, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Western Ontario, has recently looked at the wisecrackers 'focus on one-upsmanship from a biological perspective, showing that people whose brains are best equipped to understand sarcasm tend to have aggressive personalities.
David Fiderer: Maureen Dowd, and The Women of Washington Who Project on to Hillary 2008
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And, yeah, we already thought of a toupee, you wisecrackers.
November 2006 2006
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It has been blurtingly bruited by certain wisecrackers (the stinks of Mohorat are in the nightplots of the morning), that he suffered from a vile disease.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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That's the real scandal surrounding Goldman Sachs, or Government Sachs as the wisecrackers have come to call it.
NY Post: News By JOHN CRUDELE 2010
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That's the real scandal surrounding Goldman Sachs, or Government Sachs as the wisecrackers have come to call it.
NY Post: News By JOHN CRUDELE 2010
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