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Noun: clever Dick
Usage: Brit, informal
  1. An intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable
    - clever clogs [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: clever Dicks

See also: bright spark [informal], smart alec [informal], smart aleck [informal], smart-arse [Brit, Cdn, informal], smart-ass [N. Amer, informal], smartie [informal], smarty [informal], smarty-boots [Brit, informal], smartypants [informal], weisenheimer [US, informal], wise guy [informal], wiseacre, wisenheimer [US, informal]

Type of: intellect, intellectual

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