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Jackanapes

Jackanapes Meaning & Definition
Jackanapes Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jackanapes?

[n] someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jackanapes: lightweight | whippersnapper

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See Also | cipher | cypher | nobody | nonentity

Jackanapes In Webster's Dictionary

\Jack"a*napes\, n. [For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a man who exhibits apes.] [Written also {jackanape}.] 1. A monkey; an ape. --Shak. 2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. A young upstart jackanapes. --Arbuthnot.

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