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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jackanapes \Jack"a*napes\, n. [For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a
man who exhibits apes.] [Written also {jackanape}.]
1. A monkey; an ape. --Shak.
2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
A young upstart jackanapes. --Arbuthnot.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
jackanapes
n : someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous [syn:
{whippersnapper}, {lightweight}]
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