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blowhard

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braggart
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Blowhard Rex Ryan, fired by the Jets after fizzling out with no good teams in four years, takes the job at Buffalo and immediately announces that his first priority is the Patriots.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2015

As expected, Blowhard Ali filled the tropical city with enough hot air to start a new front moving across Asia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Look at de bloke a-jollying Jinnie, an' de Blowhard a-starvin'.

From Tom Grogan by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

Blowhard must take care not to have both the enemy on him at once, or he may fare no better.”

From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The Druid was employed much as the Champion; but Old Blowhard kept his proper position in the van, making signals with his bunting or guns as occasion required.

From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles




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