coquetry

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"Coquetry and French cookery pall upon a man who has lived all his life abroad, and he actually longs for a little plain diet, in manners as well as meals."

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

Coquetry, any notion of archness or frivolity, must be rigorously banished.

From Famous Prima Donnas by Strang, Lewis Clinton

Coquetry is defined as an attempt to attract admiration and lead the lover up to the point of a matrimonial proposal and then reject him—a desire to gratify personal vanity.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Hubbard, Elbert

Coquetry was something Nellie Bayard seemed deficient in; she was frank and truthful in every look and word.

From Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. by King, Charles

Coquetry would be futile, only the moral force of a genuine feeling could cope with them, and of this she was conscious, with a happiness never felt before.

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von