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Meanings of clever Dick in English

An intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable.

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Examples for "clever clogs"
Examples for "clever clogs"
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Lenny Abrahamson has always been a bit of a clever clogs.
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2
I remember the room. We always knew that Edgar Wright was a clever clogs.
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3
The strategy proved to be more of a roaring success than the clever clogs could ever have imagined.
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4
Go on, go on, clever clogs!
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I would find myself asking who was the clever clogs who worked out how to turn eggs into meringue.
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Usage of clever Dick in English
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For instance, if some clever dick digs up the old burial sites.
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