clinquant

Example Sentences

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To-day the French, All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods, Shone down the English; and, to-morrow, they Made Britain India: every man that stood Show'd like a mine.

From King Henry VIII by Shakespeare, William

My eyes rejoice in the shine of it; its clinquant sound is music in my ears.

From Trivia by Smith, Logan Pearsall

The clinquant corslet of the Swiss girl just survives at bals costum�s.

From The Works of Max Beerbohm by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

Come here, Stephanie, and see a miracle of manhood, that could resist all the clinquant of a hussar for the simple costume of the � cole Militaire.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James

I liked Jack, but not clinquant in crimson and gold, with spurs and sword clanking on the hard, frost-bitten road.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.