Sentence example with the word 'coxcomb'

coxcomb

beau, blood, cap and bells, dude, fine gentleman, gallant, lady-killer, man-about-town, puppy, spark

Last update: October 8, 2015


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There is a legend that William Pitt the younger thought of her; the somewhat notorious lover of Mlle de Lespinasse, Guibert, a cold-hearted coxcomb of some talent, certainly paid her addresses.   [Please select]

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] Our example of this group is the Coxcomb Prominent.   [Please select]

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= _Camelina_--Coxcomb Prominent _Cuculla_ (_Cucullina_)--Maple Prominent _Carmelita_--Scarce Prominent =Notodonta.   [Please select]

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For it was impossible to be angry with a little coxcomb of such pitiful intelligence.   [Please select]

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Nevertheless there was nothing of the coxcomb about Queeker--no self-assertion; nothing but amiableness, self-satisfaction, and enthusiasm.   [Please select]

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Wouldst think the coxcomb was in the charge this morning.   [Please select]

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To dream of a coxcomb, denotes a low state of mind.   [Please select]

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From within came the reply, "Fool, dray-horse, coxcomb, idiot."   [Please select]

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I dare say she would never have looked at an empty coxcomb like Cyril Carey if she had been happy at home.   [Please select]

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Whereupon Kitty protested with fire that other men were jealous of such a famous person because women liked him--because-- "Because the man's a coxcomb and the women spoil him."   [Please select]

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