fanfaron
Example Sentences
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It isn’t fanfaron at all, the accent is right on the first syllable, and fanfaron doesn’t rhyme a bit!
From Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Emma C. Dowd
He was known in Paris as an assassin, and in England, thanks to the bullet letter, as a "fanfaron" and brave braggart.
From George Washington, Volume I by Henry Cabot Lodge
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
Non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non Go look at your face, my fanfaron, For my daughter and you would be night and day.
From Embers, Complete by Gilbert Parker
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
