I shan't pick up the 'jackanapes' or the 'rascal.'. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Dumany's Wife] Reference
"Yes, you young jackanapes," Lady Bertram growled. From Wordnik.com. [The English Witch]
"Come cut your stick, you cantankerous jackanapes.". From Wordnik.com. [Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell] Reference
What have you got to say for this damned jackanapes?. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Redskins]
'Sneck up, wilt thou, thou lousy whoreson jackanapes!. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
“Call me jackanapes again, and I break yours, sir.”. From Wordnik.com. [Westward Ho!] Reference
“An unprincipled, gambling little jackanapes!” said. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
Spelling police: hemorrhaging, jackanapes this is the singular. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Let’s Get It On] Reference
I forget what a heathen little jackanapes you are, Andrew Ross. From Wordnik.com. [My Seduction] Reference
When I came home this evening, I expected that little jackanapes. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
Must you have recourse to such jackanapes 'tricks to supplant me?. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
"Sure I know where I left my money, you young jackanapes!" declared. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
"'Debts of honour' you call 'em, you young jackanapes!" he had raged. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
I, for one, want my effing money back from these two faced jackanapes. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Letters Reveal Top GOP Lawmakers Demanded Stimulus Money As ‘Vital’ Job Creating Engines] Reference
I know what your mother meant when she talked of a jackanapes yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Clerks] Reference
"See what a pack of nursery tales our jackanapes of a nephew has sent us.". From Wordnik.com. [Prince Caspian]
"Your emptying the purse of the cheating jackanapes would serve splendidly!". From Wordnik.com. [Night Arrant]
“Still, you have to admit the little jackanapes brought out a decent crowd.”. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
The old man was a jackanapes, or, as the saying goes, under petticoat government. From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
Bernage; the jackanapes understands what fair solicitors he has got, I warrant you. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
If only they were at home, away from that squalling and these cultivated jackanapes!. From Wordnik.com. [The White Monkey] Reference
You should know much better than to press the suit of that young jackanapes upon me. From Wordnik.com. [River God]
Looks like Phelps and his ratfuck family of bigoted jackanapes are coming to my town. From Wordnik.com. [Fucktard Phelps in Oregon] Reference
With a wife and two kids, and them young jackanapes at Victoria a-howling at you all the time. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31] Reference
“Confound your impudence, you infernal young jackanapes!” bellowed out Colonel Washington. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
“Lest he take thee for one of his runaway jackanapes,” answered the steward, smiling sourly. From Wordnik.com. [The Abbot] Reference
Turkish theayter whether she liked vanilla or rawsburry in her soda wather, the droolin jackanapes. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
Damme, if you and your cowardly jackanapes had fought as hard as you squeal we'd have had that fort by now!. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman's Lady]
Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. From Wordnik.com. [La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth] Reference
"And I think ye'll not, young jackanapes!" said Pa Chester from the back of the barn, where he was readying the stalls for the cows. From Wordnik.com. [Brightly Burning]
Eleseus in particular was grown a clever one, but little Sivert was nothing much, if the truth must be told — a madcap, a jackanapes. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of the Soil] Reference
He stopped being angry, and allowed himself to laugh at the foolishness of even bothering to be angry at the arrogant young jackanapes. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates Of Sleep]
Did you not see how I treated that young jackanapes?. From Wordnik.com. [Without a Home] Reference
"What business is it of yours, you impudent young jackanapes?" he growled. From Wordnik.com. [Walter Sherwood's Probation] Reference
His manner is not very good; nevertheless, he is a coxcomb and a jackanapes. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.] Reference
"Haven't you been gabbling long enough with that jackanapes?" he spit at her. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
This morning my brother Tom brought me my jackanapes coat with silver buttons. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
And the main thing is we'd never have to hear that preening jackanapes 'voice again. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
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