Re: Smart kids, (was Hapworth)

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Miriam-Webster says:

<<smart [1] (adjective)

First appeared before 12th Century

 1 : making one smart : causing a sharp stinging

 2 : marked by often sharp forceful activity or vigorous strength <a ~ pull 
of the starter cord>

 3 : BRISK, SPIRITED

 4 a : mentally alert : BRIGHT

   b : KNOWLEDGEABLE

   c : SHREWD <a ~ investment>

 5 a : WITTY, CLEVER

   b : PERT, SAUCY <don't get ~ with me>

 6 a : NEAT, TRIM

   b : stylish or elegant in dress or appearance

   c (1) : SOPHISTICATED

     (2) : characteristic of or patronized by fashionable society

 7 a : being a guided missile <a laser-guided ~ bomb>

   b : operating by automation <a ~ machine tool>

   c : INTELLIGENT 3>>

That contributed absolutely nothing...oh well.
-MW

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