[1915–20]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: collage, markup, neorealism, soviet, takeout
Examples of 'smarty-pants' in a sentence
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Sooner or later some smarty-pants interviewer is bound to ask about this.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This is what teachers - striking or not - would call a smarty-pants question.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Added to that, the guest speaker was not some smarty-pants jaded joker.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But is it sweet and fitting to turn that sacrifice into a smarty-pants shellfish starter?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Even his gaffes managed to raise sympathy among those who saw him as a feisty outsider amid the smarty-pants elites.