fanfaron

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Last week in the Prix Georges Brinquant at Auteuil, Fanfaron won once more and put another 2,000-000 francs in his owner's pocket.

From Time Magazine Archive

The horse that Butcher Auteroche so nobly saved turned out to be an 18-month-old thoroughbred named Fanfaron IV, sold to the slaughterhouse when its owner gave up on a losing venture in the horse-breeding business.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fanfaron IV was snatched from the butcher, carefully trained as a steeplechaser.

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Mr Boyce was the vicar of Allington, and Mr Fanfaron was a lawyer who had made his way over to Allington during the last assizes.

From The Small House at Allington by Trollope, Anthony

Scarron, who was nearly contemporary with Corneille, painted this character in Don Gaspard de Padille, the Fanfaron, as he is called, of the comedy Jodelet Duelliste.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John