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Noun: smart cookie
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
    "The young inventor proved to be a smart cookie with her innovative designs";
    - genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac [N. Amer], Einstein, wonder, brainbox [Brit, informal]

Type of: intellect, intellectual