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Noun: jackanapes  'ja-ku,neyps
Usage: archaic
  1. Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
    - whippersnapper, lightweight

Derived forms: jackanapeses

Type of: cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity

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