fanfaron

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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.

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 Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Now the fanfaron was of trumpets, drums, guns, and clapping hands, but soon wedding-bells would call the tune.

From The Pocahontas-John Smith Story by Edmunds, Pocahontas Wight

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 Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

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)