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wisenheimers

wisenheimers is the plural of wisenheimer.

Meaning of wisenheimer

Noun

wisenheimer (plural wisenheimers)

  1. (US, informal) A self-assertive and arrogant person; a wiseacre or smart aleck.
    • There was an auto salesman in here yesterday that claimed you could always tell a fellow's class by the car he drove, but I says to him, 'Don't be silly,' I says; 'the wisenheimers grab a look at a fellow's nails when they want to tell if he's a tin-horn or a real gent!"'1922, Sinclair Lewis, “24”, in Babbitt

Questions about wisenheimers

What is wisenheimers the plural of?
Wisenheimers is the plural of wisenheimer.

Words near wisenheimers in the dictionary

  1. Wisener
  2. Wiseners
  3. wiseness
  4. wisenesses
  5. wisenheimer
  6. wisenheimers
  7. wisening
  8. wisens
  9. wisent
  10. wisents
  11. wiser

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