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popinjay

noun as in coxcomb

noun as in fop

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Example Sentences

That spruce, affected little popinjay over there, who looks as if he had been drinking verjuice.

Then will they miss seeing a man, and not a popinjay, I retorted.

You might argue with them all day, and you could not make them feel so small as I made that popinjay feel in one hour.

When the class war came, he would naturally he found shooting down the workmen; but for any other war, an ignorant popinjay!

The very quintessence of popinjay vulgarity is reached when nicely is made to do service for well, in this wise: "How do you do?"

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to popinjay, such as: coxcomb, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fine gentleman, and fop.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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