vaunter
Example Sentences
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He was ill-bred, but he was not mean; he was a vaunter but not a coward; he demanded adherence and did not beg alms.
From Quisanté by Anthony Hope
Alas! you know I am no vaunter, I; My scars can witness, dumb although they are, That my report is just and full of truth.
From The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
A vaunter and a liar are near akin.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
Or shall I rather of Xantippus ask, Who dar'd to undeceive deluded Rome, And prove this vaunter not invincible?
From The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Hannah More
Who would not forgive so cajoling a vaunter?
From Inns and Taverns of Old London by Henry C. (Henry Charles) Shelley
