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know-all
noun
a person who displays their knowledge in a conceited manner AUSTRALIA, 1934- — Jon Cleary, The Long Shadow, p. 54, 1949
- — Vince Kelly, The Bogeyman, p. 174, 1956
- “Also the golden rule is not to move an accident case until first examined by a medical expert.” “Ah! Know-all, eh!” — Arthur Upfield, Bony and the Mouse, p. 16, 1959
- — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 71, 1962
- — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 23, 1971
- Let’s face it, for a while Australia’s image as a land of culture copped a terrific lot of rubbish and knocking from the expatriate sector, mainly a bunch of know-alls and shirt-lifters, who in my humble viewpoint are lower than the basic wage. — Barry Humphries, Les Patterson’s Australia, p. [viii], 1978
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