tufthunter

Example Sentences

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I am by no means a tufthunter, my dear Akosh; I am not prejudiced, whatever people may say to the contrary—no!

From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef

And yet she was not a tufthunter, nor a toady.

From Miss Mackenzie by Trollope, Anthony

A tufthunter is a snob, a parasite is a snob, the man who allows the manhood within him to be awed by a coronet is a snob.

From Thackeray by Trollope, Anthony