Sentence examples for smart alec from inspiring English sources

Lucy is my smart alec side.

It's like being the original Alec of "smart Alec" fame.

"They say I'm a smart Alec because I like to have the last word".

Is it true that the term "smart alec" was coined in New York? A. Yes.

There's no smart Alec comment, no joke, just a stumble of words.

"The public will see a smart alec is coming towards them.

Not-So-Smart ALEC.

"We were smart-alec obnoxious people," Bottum says.

What we said: Loach avoids smart-alec stuff.

It was a clever budget, all right, but that's clever in the smart-Alec sense.

Loach avoids smart-alec stuff the way an Amish farmer dislikes buttons and bows.