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Jack the Lad
noun- someone noticeably sharper, smarter or smugger than the rest; a rogue UK
In Prison Patter, 1996, Angela Devlin notes that this term is used to excuse dubious–possibly criminal – behaviour by young males. - Even if I had / I’m a bit of a Jack the Lad[.] — Ian Dury, Clever Trevor, 1977
- — New Society, 4 June 1981
- [S]he was watching a cocky young Jack-the-lad sailor swagger along a Shanghai street[.] — John King, White Trash, p. 123, 2001
- At best a rather immature jack the lad and at worst an insensitve bullying moron. — Ben Elton, High Society, pp. 251–252, 2002
- in criminal circles, an exemplary criminal UK
- Jimmy’d never shop us. He’s Jack the Lad. Jesus, Jimmy and me are like bleeding cousins. — Ted Lewis, Jack Carter’s Law, p. 16, 1974
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