Usually means: Know-it-all displaying excessive cleverness.
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  1. clever-clogs: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
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▸ noun:  (slang, UK and Ireland) Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.

Similar:
cleversticks, clever arse, clever-sticks, smart aleck, clodhopper, smartass, smart cookie, clogger, clot, clodpole, more...

Opposite:
dullard, simpleton, dimwit, idiot, moron

Adjectives:
smart, droll, jaunty, witty, waggish, jesty, whimsical, joky, cod, larkish, tippy

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Similar:
cleversticks, clever arse, clever-sticks, smart aleck, clodhopper, smartass, smart cookie, clogger, clot, clodpole, more...

Opposite:
dullard, simpleton, dimwit, idiot, moron

Adjectives:
smart, droll, jaunty, witty, waggish, jesty, whimsical, joky, cod, larkish, tippy



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