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cleversticks

cleversticks noun: a clever clogs or smart aleck.

Noun

cleversticks (plural cleversticks)

  1. (slang) A clever clogs or smart aleck.
    • "Oh, would you, cleversticks?" her sister sneered.2012, Compton MacKenzie, Rich Relatives, page 167

Forms of cleversticks

pluralcleversticks

Origin of cleversticks

From clever + sticks.

Questions about cleversticks

What does cleversticks mean?
Cleversticks means a clever clogs or smart aleck.
What part of speech is cleversticks?
Cleversticks is a noun.
What is the plural of cleversticks?
The plural of cleversticks is cleversticks.

Words near cleversticks in the dictionary

  1. cleverman
  2. clevermen
  3. cleverness
  4. clevernesses
  5. cleversome
  6. cleversticks
  7. Cleverton
  8. cleves
  9. clevidipine
  10. Clevinger
  11. Clevingers

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