Meaning of smartling | Babel Free

Definitions

One who is smart, shrewd, or clever; a smart-aleck.

Examples

“And smartlings think it witty to blaspheme [...]”

“And Smartlings think it Wit to play the Fool, [...]”

“The serious illness of Archbishop Corrigan of the New York Catholic diocese, has led a lot of newspaper smartlings to predict, with apparent mournfulness, that he might recover but for his "advanced age."”

“He determined that he would not hold up his honest admiration of his friend for the amusement of these smartlings.”

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