1834 ‘J. Downing’ i. 10 The officer gittin mad at his sassiness, drew his sword and made a cut at his hed.
1976 ‘Trevanian’ vi. 128 Now that his first panic is over, something of his haughty sassiness returns.
2003 May 118/2 The old sassiness had worn thin and Rosanne was no longer jousting with men.