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