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You should know much better than to press the suit of that young jackanapes upon me.
But here comes Elliot, so no word of the jackanapes."
"Still, you have to admit the little jackanapes brought out a decent crowd."
She would lead him on quite a chase, which was exactly what the jackanapes deserved.
"That young jackanapes is a second drawback to my position.
"But where is my jackanapes, that should have been here to salute his mistress?"
He would soon let the jackanapes see that he was mistaken.
"What has that young Jackanapes been boring you about?"
If he's anything like his father, he is an impertinent jackanapes."
I thought little of it, and so was about my business for an hour, when I missed the jackanapes.
If only they were at home, away from that squalling and these cultivated jackanapes!
"By his extreme youth, he can only be a prancing jackanapes, and so I name him."
He, too, is laughing like a jackanapes, hopping down a few feet so that they might spy into another window.
He gave the cabbie his home address and settled in next to this grinning jackanapes.
"Oh, father," sounded the girl's voice, "see the little jackanapes!
But she had turned her back on us pettishly, and was talking in a low voice to her jackanapes.
So we were merry together, the jackanapes keeping us company, and making much game and sport.
In spite of what they'd just heard the girl showed no signs of anger with the jackanapes.
Following its home video release, "Day of the Jackanapes" received positive reviews from critics.
The horses advanced, when, by the blessing of the saints, the jackanapes woke in my breast.
Then I could withhold myself no longer, but entered, and my lady ran to me, the jackanapes clinging about her neck with his arms.
"To hell with you, you interfering little Belgian jackanapes."
"Now, look here, you blasted little Belgian jackanapes, what do you mean by searching my room?
"You young jackanapes," he got out between puffs.
"See what a pack of nursery tales our jackanapes of a nephew has sent us."