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shrewdie

/ ˈʃruːdɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a shrewd person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of shrewdie1

C20: from shrewd + -ie
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Example Sentences

Across town, transfer shrewdie Daniel Levy has waited until Aston Villa are in their strongest negotiating position of the summer before submitting a £25m bid for Jack Grealish, a bid that may well be turned down, leaving Mauricio Pochettino with no new signings and looking, frankly, like a bit of a fool.

House Point is a full sister to Point Of Light, who won four handicaps last year over this sort of trip for Sir Mark Prescott, another noted shrewdie.

Stevens is a stage-struck shrewdie who brings nothing to the theater but a knowledge of real estate.

At last, in 1960, there was something worth cheering about: under Manager Paul Richards, that old shrewdie, the Orioles flew all the way up to second place.

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