Pecksniffian
Example Sentences
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With another season underway, suspend your Pecksniffian disapproval of the college football industry’s recent upheavals.
From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2022
Insults that are banned include "hypocrite", "blackguard" and "Pecksniffian cant", although only Jacob Rees-Mogg would use that last one these days.
From The Guardian • May 26, 2012
Of course, one should be cautious here, so as not to seem merely puritanical or Pecksniffian.
From Literature in the Elementary School by MacClintock, Porter Lander
He wore no phylacteries, and was as far away as possible from Pecksniffian pretensions.
From The Life of Phineas T. Barnum by Benton, Joel
Susan Hetth, shocked to the limit of her Pecksniffian soul, made a nerveless fluttering gesture of protest with her hands.
From Leonie of the Jungle by Conquest, Joan
