An ape; a pert, ugly, little fellow.
·noun A monkey; an <<Ape>>. II. Jackanapes ·noun A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
North out of St. Paul's Churchyard to Blow Bladder Street, in Farringdon Ward Within, at the western...
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