highfalutin'
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Highfalutin, lightly enjoyable mush, “Reminiscence” is one of those speculative fictions that are at once undernourished and overcooked.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021
Highfalutin as it all sounds, the result is an engrossing story and an often impressive piece of reporting.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2010
As usual, multitudes swallowed the bait, but some, instead of sending the greenbacks to Highfalutin & Co., forwarded the circulars to the department.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life by Hawthorne, Julian
The letters for Highfalutin & Co. went to Washington, and Morris went out of the post-office; but the fact that Sue was overmatched hurt him more than the loss of the place.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: Real life by Hawthorne, Julian
G.F.T.—the apostle of Highfalutin, the most egregious nuisance of modern times—has come to grief.
From Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 39, December 24, 1870. by Various
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