jackanapes
- n someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous
- My Heart's in the Highlands (by William Saroyan; produced by the Group Theatre) is the first play of William Saroyan, literary jackanapes and self-styled genius.
- A tour of our divorce courts daily highlights the fact no glossy, marcelled jackanapes, no thatched gigolo with vaseline in his hair can hold his woman simply because of hirsute .
- Too many poor children are criminal delinquents; yet how can good people prevent these raggedy jackanapes from practicing their malicious mischiefs, committing their public .