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smirker en · NOUN

Etymology

From smirk + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who smirks.
    • He is returning to the staircase {...} when he re-meets the smirking young officer, who is on his way back down. This time the smirker has decided to be someone else entirely: he is bashful. Red-cheeked. 2024, Roz Dineen, Briefly Very Beautiful, Bloomsbury, page 60:

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smirkers Number=Plur lexicographic