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 (n): someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
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4 months ago hernesheir said:

One of my father's repertory of scathing insults.

(Nickname, Jack Napes) Perhaps first applied and referring to Wm. de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, (15th cent.), whose badge was a clog and chain like that of a tame ape.

A conceited or impertinent fellow; a pert child.

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