fanfaronade

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As he stood under the tall microphone, pondering fanfaronade, Bobby's long trousers seemed to sag.

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In Round 18, popular Fred Souk, 13, who had flown all the way from the Azores, where his father works, threw an extra "r" into fanfaronade, and only five spellers were left.

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But like a demure singer in a long gown who is surrounded by chorus girls in sequined miniskirts, the statue may seem slightly lost amid the fanfaronade.

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At Miami, the Hoover party was welcomed by Governor Carlton amid a Florida fanfaronade.

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Nothing could be more splendid, as the trumpeters advanced into the lists, and the fierce fanfaronade snarled up to the sky.

From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger