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saucy Adjective [saucier, sauciest] 1. cheeky or slightly rude in an amusing and light-hearted way 2. jaunty and boldly smart: a saucy hat sauciness n
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saucy adjective impudent, cheeky (informal) impertinent, forward, fresh (informal) flip (informal) rude, sassy U.S. (informal) pert, disrespectful, flippant, presumptuous, insolent, lippy U.S., Canad. (slang) smart-alecky (informal) Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| His fishing-boat was called The Saucy Sally--a cutter-rigged sloop. you are below my anger; and it is beneath me to give ill words to such an audacious saucy trollop; but, hussy, I must tell you, your breeding shows the meanness of your birth as well as of your education; and both very properly qualify you to be the mean serving-woman of a country girl. Again, a young girl, more bold and saucy than was fitting, brushed the priest's black robe, singing in his face the sardonic ditty, "niche, niche, the devil is caught. |
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