fanfaron

Example Sentences

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If that is how it is I am not going to apologise to that fanfaron any more!

From Love by Garnett, Constance

A well-meaning, self-satisfied, dull, industrious man, he gave Byron excellent moral advice, to which the latter responded as the fanfaron de ses vices, evidently with great amusement to himself.

From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle

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

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 Parker, Gilbert

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 Smollett, T. (Tobias)