sneaky Pete

noun

A sneaky person.

Meanings

nounsneaky Pete (plural sneaky Petes)

plural sneaky Petes

  1. idiomaticinformalA sneaky person.

    “You may have fooled him, 'cause he has the IQ of a Russian toilet, but I know you're up to something, aren't you, you little sneaky Pete?” “Okay, Colin, if I tell you something--” “Psych. I couldn't give two squirts.”

    2023 August 10, Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil, “Urgent Care” (23:39 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 6, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch)
  2. ball gamesA two-piece cue with a nearly invisible wood-to-wood joint, so that it looks like a cheap one-piece house cue and may be deceptively used by hustlers.
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