coquetting

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They fancied that M. Thiers was coquetting with the émeute, that the petit bourgeois, as he hypocritically called himself, wanted to cozen the monarchists, and, using Paris as his lever, overthrow them.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

For, young as was the younger daughter of Ambrose Powell, she was no child of simplicity, but could play at coquetting with the oldest and cleverest coquette there.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

She was more like herself now, laughing softly and coquetting with the hole in the cave.

From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth

Thus he passed successively into the hands of the Scots, the Parliament and the New Model, trying to reverse the verdict of arms by coquetting with each in turn.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The ostler watched her pick her way towards her master, coquetting with her head, and sidling round him in the most playful manner possible.

From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette