fanfaron

Example Sentences

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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 Lang, Andrew

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 Edmunds, Pocahontas Wight

The Hungarian hussar is no fanfaron like the French chasseur, but he is conscious of his own powers, like a Grenadier of the Old Imperial Guard.

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 by Various

It isn’t fanfaron at all, the accent is right on the first syllable, and fanfaron doesn’t rhyme a bit!

From Polly of Lady Gay Cottage by Dowd, Emma C.

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 Lodge, Henry Cabot