fanfaron
Example Sentences
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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 Dowd, Emma C.
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 Parker, Gilbert
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 Dowd, Emma C.
If that is how it is I am not going to apologise to that fanfaron any more!
From Love by Garnett, Constance
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
