The holidays are robbed of half their life because some wiseacre will persist in telling him who Santa Claus is, while yet he is hanging up his first pair of stockings.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
The sly look of wiseacre wizened up Mosher's face.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst
The Moscow wiseacre was perhaps unaware that during hard seasons in Arctic Siberia the outfit of an expedition must be strictly limited to the carrying capacity of dogs and reindeer.
"From Paris to New York by Land"
Harry de Windt