coquetting

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For, young as was the younger daughter of Ambrose Powell, she was no child of simplicity, but could play at coquetting with the oldest and cleverest coquette there.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

"Is she only coquetting with me?" he asked himself, "or--or--" A passionate joy throbbed in his veins, then suddenly an icy shudder ran over him.

From Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso by Schubin, Ossip

They were all there, dowager, matron, d�butante, old beaux, young gallant, dancing, laughing, coquetting, flirting.

From The Streets of Ascalon Episodes in the Unfinished Career of Richard Quarren, Esqre. by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

A man coquetting with too many countries is as bad as a bigamist, and loses his soul altogether.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William

The ostler watched her pick her way towards her master, coquetting with her head, and sidling round him in the most playful manner possible.

From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette