wisenheimer n.
1. a know-it-all, a self-appointed smart fellow.
Girl Proposition 72: The Original Gentleman Friend was a Wisenstein. As soon as he saw himself losing out, he began to lay deep and shifty Plans. | ||
Babbitt (1974) 228: The wisenheimers grab a look at a fellow’s nails when they want to tell if he’s a tinhorn or a real gent! | ||
On Broadway 23 Nov. [synd. col.] The wisenheimer laughed and took the wager. | ||
Harder They Fall (1971) 208: He ain’t quite the weisenheimer he was when he came in from Two. | ||
in Rawson Wicked Words (1989) 420: We were nervous [...] at the statistics on child pedants and academic wisenheimers who grow up into faculty-recreation-room savants . | ||
Commissioner 44: These two wisenheimers wound up getting treated like hicks in a whorehouse. | ||
Dear ‘Herm’ 100: In case some wisenheimer in our midst throws Mr. Pulsifer [...] a slider. | ||
Different Seasons (1995) 486: The cabbie gave a why-do-I-always-get-the-wisenheimers snort ... but he shut up. | ||
(con. 1920s) Legs 53: I was certain some wisenheimer had learned about our intended break and ratted. | ||
Fowler Family Business 84: Sullen Ben and the Wisenheimer Lennie. | ||
Rough Trade [ebook] ‘Night, Bagger Vance.’ ‘Wisenheimer’. |
2. attrib. use of sense 1.
Story Omnibus (1966) 52: He smiled that wisenheimer smile of his. | ‘Fly Paper’