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

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

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

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.