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crowings

noun as in bluster

noun as in fanfaronade

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The ancient Christians divided the night into four watches, called the evening, midnight, and two morning cock-crowings.

Albinia was growing very angry, and it was well that Maurice's merry crowings were heard approaching.

Yet I have heard it asserted with triumphant 136 crowings by some of the revolutionary set, that, thanks to their valour!

But neither cat-calls, crowings, nor cacklings, coaxed the invisible fowl from her palace-like retreat.

I can see them all anticipating victory, in their low-down fashion wanting to crow their low-down crowings.

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On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to crowings, such as: braggadocio, bravado, swagger, bluff, boasting, and boisterousness.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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