malapert
Example Sentences
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Ha, girl, you were malapert when you were so unlucky as to blame one whom I praised!
From King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Unknown
"I'll e'en fetch him to you myself, malapert," said Warrenton.
From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)
The woman was prepared to put on the airs of outraged dignity, she even glanced up at the malapert with scorn expressed in her small beady eyes.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
In this same impious malapert he had recognised M. le Marquis de St. Genis!
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
“What is this to thee, thou malapert knave?” cried Humphrey Chetham, reddening, partly from anger, partly, it might be, from another emotion.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
