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• clever Dick — noun an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable • Syn: ↑clever clogs • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• clever Dick — (also clever clogs) noun Brit. informal a person who is irritatingly and ostentatiously knowledgeable or intelligent …   English new terms dictionary

• dick — 1. n. 1 Brit. colloq. (in certain set phrases) fellow; person (clever dick). 2 coarse sl. the penis. Usage: In sense 2 usually considered a taboo word. Etymology: pet form of the name Richard 2. n. sl. a detective. Etymology: perh. abbr. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• know-all — noun someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others • Syn: ↑know it all • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism • Hypernyms: ↑egotist, ↑egoist, ↑swellhead * * * n …   Useful english dictionary

• Great Britain — noun 1. a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; Great Britain is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑United Kingdom,… …   Useful english dictionary

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium