Knowing

sharp, shrewd, artful; “a KNOWING codger,” or “a KNOWING blade,” one who can take you in, or cheat you, in any transaction you may have with him. It implies also deep cunning and foresight, and generally signifies dishonesty. “Who, on a spree with black-eyed Sal, his blowen, So swell, so prime, so nutty, and so KNOWING ?”— Don Juan. Know , in this sense, enters into several slang phrases. “I KNOW something,” expre es that I am not to be taken in by any shallow device. “He KNOWS a thing or two,” i.e. , he is a cunning fellow.