fanfaron

Example Sentences

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If that is how it is I am not going to apologise to that fanfaron any more!

From Love by Garnett, Constance

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.

He then brought an action for defamation of character, but was non-suited, as it was proved that he had been the fanfaron of his own vices. 

From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew

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

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 Upton, George P. (George Putnam)