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sauciness - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
noun noun Synonyms Impertinence, Effrontery , etc. (see impudence malapertness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun saucy noun
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
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saucy + -ness
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She looked me up and down with what I can only describe as sauciness .
The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004
She looked me up and down with what I can only describe as sauciness .
The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004
Under this gospel of impunity, there grows up a religion which is itself a kind of sauciness to God, as little relieved, as possible, by any subduing property.
The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation. 1802-1876 1871
Page 235 that some terrible and unpardonable crime, termed "sauciness " may yet become rife among the blacks.
A North-Side View of Slavery. The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada. Related by Themselves, with an Account of the History and Condition of the Colored Population of Upper Canada 1856
It's like a beautiful person whispering in your ear about what they would like to do to you: it makes your face go eek and your brain spin at the thought of what kind of sauciness could happen over the next couple of hours.
The Guardian World News Rob Smyth 2011
"O, I'm bigger, that's all? and what might be called sauciness in a girl may be thought something more of in a young woman.
Jacob Faithful Frederick Marryat 1820
"sauciness ," and Fritz and Humphrey laughed in sympathy.
French and English A Story of the Struggle in America Evelyn Everett-Green 1894
And when she delivers that line in front of a whole horde of attendants, making fun of, you know, this great military commander, you begin to see her sauciness .
Cleopatra: 'A Life' Misunderstood 2010
And when she delivers that line in front of a whole horde of attendants, making fun of, you know, this great military commander, you begin to see her sauciness .
Cleopatra: 'A Life' Misunderstood 2010
And when she delivers that line in front of a whole horde of attendants, making fun of, you know, this great military commander, you begin to see her sauciness .
Cleopatra: 'A Life' Misunderstood 2010
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