fanfaronade

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In Round 18, popular Fred Souk, 13, who had flown all the way from the Azores, where his father works, threw an extra "r" into fanfaronade, and only five spellers were left.

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As he stood under the tall microphone, pondering fanfaronade, Bobby's long trousers seemed to sag.

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At Miami, the Hoover party was welcomed by Governor Carlton amid a Florida fanfaronade.

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But like a demure singer in a long gown who is surrounded by chorus girls in sequined miniskirts, the statue may seem slightly lost amid the fanfaronade.

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Let the critics assure us that Dumas' history is untrue, his characters superficial, his action incredible; we admit it, and we are caught again by the flash of life, the fanfaronade of adventure.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund