fanfaronade

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At Miami, the Hoover party was welcomed by Governor Carlton amid a Florida fanfaronade.

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But like a demure singer in a long gown who is surrounded by chorus girls in sequined miniskirts, the statue may seem slightly lost amid the fanfaronade.

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In Round 18, popular Fred Souk, 13, who had flown all the way from the Azores, where his father works, threw an extra "r" into fanfaronade, and only five spellers were left.

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As he stood under the tall microphone, pondering fanfaronade, Bobby's long trousers seemed to sag.

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Palmerston seems to have been a little amused and a little alarmed at this fanfaronade, in which there is, however, a great deal of truth.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles