clever clogs
(colloquial, UK, and, Ireland) Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.
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(colloquial, UK, and, Ireland) Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.
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