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Synonyms for wiseacre

an upstart who makes conceited, sardonic, insolent comments

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Plenty of old wiseacres will tell you Leger winners have a dire record in the Arc.
Political wiseacres, including many Liberals, thought it a smart move.
In one of New York's prominent black newspapers, an editorial stated that "Our wiseacres may talks as much as they please, upon amalgamation, and our future standing in society, but it does not alter the case in the least; it does not improve our situation in the least...." (37) Another newspaper summed up the issue by stating that "the question is not to marry negroes, but to treat them with justice...." (38) One black leader in New York argued that African Americans simply sought civil rights and did not want to marry whites.
In 1843 its most vehement opponents publicly denounced its founders as "'four-eyed lawyers," 'eloquent wiseacres,' and sap-headed shingle merchants.'" The years 1846-9 saw economic depression in Britain and North American and more financial pressure on Acadia as its finances dwindled and professors lost confidence.
It's the perfect ensemble for "bird dogging the president" on behalf of Billionaires for Bush, a troupe of street-theater wiseacres that dates back to 2000 (originally the Billionaires bashed both George W.
Such a rumor once started on the gun decks in reference to almost anyone below the rank of a commissioned officer would, during the period assigned to this narrative, have seemed not altogether wanting in credibility to the tarry old wiseacres of a man-of-war crew.
According to Wasserstein, that suggestion was "unaccompanied by any supporting evidence that might raise it to the level of a serious political proposition." (69) Syrkin, for her part, noted the anti-immigration mood in America during the Roosevelt years and asked: "In that climate should American Jews have marched on Washington in righteous fury as contemporary wiseacres suggest?
Of course, as the wiseacres say, history never wholly repeats itself.
Check out Mickey's Toontown Fair, the place to visit Mickey's house and meet many of your favourite Disney characters, or ride The Barnstormer at Goofy's Wiseacres Farm.
We are not hostage to the multiplicity of narrow interest groups; to the clash and clamour of contending opinions that have sometimes made it difficult for countries to have the flexibility to adapt to the rapidly changing global economy; and to critics and wiseacres from outside the country.
The political leadership usually understands the seriousness of environmental problems perfectly well--often even better than wiseacres from the North do.
Sommers stresses strict discipline in a teacher-led, structured classroom; Kleinfeld suggests that active and nonconformist children, who are disproportionately male, would do well in "open classrooms where children move around a lot," with "teachers who enjoy wiseacres." Each prescription is undoubtedly right for some boys.