fanfaron
Example Sentences
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A well-meaning, self-satisfied, dull, industrious man, he gave Byron excellent moral advice, to which the latter responded as the fanfaron de ses vices, evidently with great amusement to himself.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Rowland Edmund Prothero, Baron Ernle
Ilga Barron, The great fanfaron, Went into the closet one day; But she was so stout She couldn’t get out, And there she had to sta-ay!
From Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Emma C. Dowd
René the king will ride forth from the gate With his horsemen and banners in state; And the trumpets shall fanfaron ring To René, to René, the king.
From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
Peregrine, glowing with resentment, called him a fanfaron, and withdrew in expectation of being followed into the street.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by T. (Tobias) Smollett
The Hungarian hussar is no fanfaron like the French chasseur, but he is conscious of his own powers, like a Grenadier of the Old Imperial Guard.
From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various
