alec
1a herring.
a sauce or relish made from small herring or anchovies.
Origin of alec
1Other definitions for alec (2 of 3)
a simpleton or fool.
Origin of alec
2Other definitions for Alec (3 of 3)
or Al·eck
a male given name, form of Alexander.
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How to use alec in a sentence
Of course, you do not need to be the smartest of Alecs to know that I should be doing this with all my sources.
Them kind of ghosts is like these here overgrown smart alecs that scares kids.
Danny's Own Story | Don MarquisI calculate the best way to fool those smart Alecs is to put you in an empty packing case and tote you down.
Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil | Alice B. EmersonPerhaps among the multitudinous Germans killed there are one or two German Alecs.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider | W. H. L. WatsonThe trouble is he wants to vindicate himself; he's one of these smart alecs that you couldn't down with a crowbar—he don't think!
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World | Clifton R. Wooldridge
I tell you, open up one of those joints and let these smart Alecs who want to get rich quick come in and lose their money.
Rockhaven | Charles Munn
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