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clever Dick

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clever Dick, cleverdick [ˈklɛvəˌdɪk]
n
Informal a person considered to have an unwarrantably high opinion of his own ability or knowledge
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Noun1.clever Dick - an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable
clever clogs
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively
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clever Dick
n (Brit inf) → Schlaumeier m (inf), → Schlaukopf m (inf)
clever Dick [ˈklɛvəˌdɪk] n (fam) → saputo/a
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Byline: BRIAN DICK MOSELEY 23 BEDFORD 26 BATTLING Moseley were outsmarted by Bedford's Clever Dick in yet another Billesley Common classic.
DICKO DASHES MOSE'S HOPES; Smith's battlers are undone by crafty Karl by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
And two, if I did try to be a Clever Dick, he could always take his revenge in the kitchen before he served the meal.
Ready for relaxed eating in waiterless world by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Some clever dick like Freud said all there is is work and love.
Marr's the merrier as a Mouse; Jade Wright chats to the guitar legend ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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