"smart cookie" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 182",
          "text": "“Who is it, out there.”\n“I’m lost on the road can you tell me where I am.”\n“You’re right here, stranger. You got me out of bed. Clear off before I sprinkle your ass with buckshot.”\n“It’s a dire emergency.”\n“Don’t try to be a smart cookee stranger.”",
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          "ref": "1992, Eugene B. Fluckey, Thunder Below!: The USS Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II, University of Illinois Press, published 1997, page 373",
          "text": "Newland, lead cook and a smart cookie, would find some way to feed them if they got stranded ashore.",
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          "ref": "1998 November 28, Seth Goldstein, “DVD Not The Only Concern For Tape's Sell-Through Biz; DVD Packagers Roll 'Em Out”, in Billboard",
          "text": "Is it a coincidence that Fox Home Entertainment, one smart cookie in sell-through, has designated the $170 million hit \"There's Something About Mary\" for rental?",
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          "ref": "2008, Douglas E. Egenolf, The Last Seasons: The Story of the Bird Hunter, Dog Ear Publishing, published 2008, page 64",
          "text": "This dog was one smart cookie and was quickly picking up the game plan.",
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        "An individual regarded as clever, astute, or judicious."
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          "astute",
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          "judicious",
          "judicious"
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        "(informal) An individual regarded as clever, astute, or judicious."
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        "informal"
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  "word": "smart cookie"
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          "ref": "1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 182",
          "text": "“Who is it, out there.”\n“I’m lost on the road can you tell me where I am.”\n“You’re right here, stranger. You got me out of bed. Clear off before I sprinkle your ass with buckshot.”\n“It’s a dire emergency.”\n“Don’t try to be a smart cookee stranger.”",
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          "text": "Is it a coincidence that Fox Home Entertainment, one smart cookie in sell-through, has designated the $170 million hit \"There's Something About Mary\" for rental?",
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        "(informal) An individual regarded as clever, astute, or judicious."
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