fanfaron
Example Sentences
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Now the fanfaron was of trumpets, drums, guns, and clapping hands, but soon wedding-bells would call the tune.
From The Pocahontas-John Smith Story by Pocahontas Wight Edmunds
Peregrine, glowing with resentment, called him a fanfaron, and withdrew in expectation of being followed into the street.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by T. (Tobias) Smollett
He then brought an action for defamation of character, but was non-suited, as it was proved that he had been the fanfaron of his own vices.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
He was known in Paris as an assassin, and in England, thanks to the bullet letter, as a "fanfaron" and brave braggart.
From George Washington, Volume I by Henry Cabot Lodge
Non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non Go look at your face, my fanfaron, For my daughter and you would be night and day.
From Embers, Complete by Gilbert Parker
