coxcomb

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For my part," writes the author of "Cecil, the Coxcomb," "I never blame them when I see them capering and showing off their little monkey-tricks, for conquest.

From The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin by Muirhead, James F. (James Fullarton)

Beaumont and Fletcher: The Coxcomb, act iv. sc.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

A powder'd Wig upon an empty Head, attracts no more respect thro' these Opticks than a greasy Cap; and the Lac'd Coat of a Coxcomb seems altogether as contemptible as his Footman's Livery.

From The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) by Dodsley, Robert

Call for,” said he, “master Coxcomb, alias Smooth Gullet, alias Poison Smile.”

From The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell by Borrow, George Henry

I heard his suit the Coxcomb ply; I heard her answer—"No;" A true love knot he ne'er could tie, Who could not bend a bow.

From Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George