coquetting

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Footnote 17: A coquetting with virtue as a virtuoso, of course Gaspard means.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul

Remember, no vagaries, no irregularities, no coquetting with the ‘one time that never hurts one.’

From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by Winter, John Strange

Thus he passed successively into the hands of the Scots, the Parliament and the New Model, trying to reverse the verdict of arms by coquetting with each in turn.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The goldfinches swept by overhead with a gleam of colour from their wings, coquetting on their way to the apple-trees.

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard

Somebody has accused me of coquetting with history.

From Famous Prima Donnas by Strang, Lewis Clinton