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jackanapes
noun as in brat
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That accomplished, I shall arrest the Dowager and her son and every jackanapes within that castle.
You pestilent young jackanapes, do you suppose I haven't noticed your idleness?
"Lest he take thee for one of his runaway jackanapes," answered the steward, smiling sourly.
In another letter he writes about "a jackanapes who has lately made a noise here, one Boswell, by anecdotes of Dr. Johnson."
No, Mr. Harry Jocelyn, you are not the jackanapes you try to make people think you: you understand me.'
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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jackanapes, such as: punk, rascal, little devil, kid, urchin, and whippersnapper.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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