coquet

Example Sentences

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A: I'm afraid I was a bit of a coquet in my youth, but now that I'm a grandmother with an 18-year-old granddaughter, I'm simplifying what I wear.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2010

You might almost as well coquet with a minister of the holy Gospel as with him you have selected to try your fascinations on.

From A Romantic Young Lady by Grant, Robert

He is the veriest coquet in nature, for, after all, I amconvincedam convinced he loves Emily.

From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances

The simplicity of the remedy is so attractive that it is not surprising that the Governments of industrial nations should coquet from time to time with the policy of compulsory arbitration.

From The Acquisitive Society by Tawney, R. H.

Suckcess iz a coquet, and a bashful lover never wins her.

From The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Shaw, Henry W.