vaunter
Example Sentences
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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
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
Until then I reserve myself for higher duties which are directly laid upon me: it is not permitted to me to leap from the chariot for the sake of wrestling with every loud vaunter.
From Romola by George Eliot
"Ay, royal Atheling," shouted the company, "compel the vaunter to show us a sample of his skill."
From The Children's Portion by Robert W. Shoppell
