What does "wiseacre" mean in these sentences?
Now, can my wiseacre sister-in-law answer my question?
Can they not? I did not know!-I remember now they do teach that with you. It is a great mistake-one of the greatest ever wiseacre made! No man of the universe, only a man of the world could have said so!
"Can they not!" also confuses me. What does it mean?
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A modern term for 'a wiseacre' is 'a smart-***'. Someone who tells a lot of jokes, and who thinks he is smart and funny. "
- A modern term for 'a wiseacre' is 'a smart-***'.
- Someone who tells a lot of jokes, and who thinks he is smart and funny.
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A modern term for 'a wiseacre' is 'a smart-***'. Someone who tells a lot of jokes, and who thinks he is smart and funny.
'Can they not?' means 'Can't they?'
The previous speaker has just said 'Two objects cannot exist in the same place at the same time!"
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