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jackanape

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.
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