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smart cookie

smart cookie noun: an individual regarded as clever, astute, or judicious.

Noun

smart cookie (plural smart cookies)

  1. (informal) An individual regarded as clever, astute, or judicious.
    • “Who is it, out there.”
      “I’m lost on the road can you tell me where I am.”
      “You’re right here, stranger. You got me out of bed. Clear off before I sprinkle your ass with buckshot.”
      “It’s a dire emergency.”
      “Don’t try to be a smart cookee stranger.”1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 182
    • Newland, lead cook and a smart cookie, would find some way to feed them if they got stranded ashore.1992, Eugene B. Fluckey, Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II, University of Illinois Press, published 1997, →ISBN, page 373

Examples of smart cookie in a sentence

  • Is it a coincidence that Fox Home Entertainment, one smart cookie in sell-through, has designated the $170 million hit "There's Something About Mary" for rental?1998 November 28, Seth Goldstein, “DVD Not The Only Concern For Tape's Sell-Through Biz; DVD Packagers Roll 'Em Out”, in Billboard:
  • This dog was one smart cookie and was quickly picking up the game plan.2008, Douglas E. Egenolf, The Last Seasons: The Story of the Bird Hunter, Dog Ear Publishing, published 2008, →ISBN, page 64:

Forms of smart cookie

pluralsmart cookies

Questions about smart cookie

What does smart cookie mean?
Smart cookie means an individual regarded as clever, astute, or judicious.
How do you use smart cookie in a sentence?
Is it a coincidence that Fox Home Entertainment, one smart cookie in sell-through, has designated the $170 million hit "There's Something About Mary" for rental?
What part of speech is smart cookie?
Smart cookie is a noun.
What is the plural of smart cookie?
The plural of smart cookie is smart cookies.

Words near smart cookie in the dictionary

  1. smart charging
  2. smart cities
  3. smart city
  4. smart contract
  5. smart contracts
  6. smart cookie
  7. smart cookies
  8. smart device
  9. smart devices
  10. smart doorbell
  11. smart doorbells

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