popinjay
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First they came for the preening, powdered popinjays of television news, but I did not speak out because I am not a popinjay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
The 1980s brought with them a new social type, a sub-Nietzschean popinjay we’ll call Finance Guy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2020
He flamboyantly inhabited his martial persona, a popinjay with long golden curls and a specially commissioned uniform, “a black velvet suit and enough gold braid to cover it.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2018
The Duchess of Chartres had helped him fit his ships, and he was a welcome figure in France, where he became an exquisite and a popinjay.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Shoot the popinjay,” said Robb, giving than to the Wart He looked and saw * popinjay five-score paces away.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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