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Meanings of coxcomb in English
Usage of coxcomb in English
1
Of course he wasn't; he would likely come late, the old coxcomb.
2
But anyway, this grammatical coxcomb's review is interesting, as I said before.
3
The coxcomb, hearing himself addressed, had stopped, and his companions with him.
4
They were right, and I had been an ass and a coxcomb.
5
I had rather your lordship should be a coward, than a coxcomb.
6
You are right, my dear Bell, and I am a prating coxcomb.
7
He said once of a man, that his conscience was a coxcomb.
8
I saw that young silk-haired coxcomb, Gustave Rameau, introduce him to her.
9
Whatever might be said of others, thou, at least, wast no coxcomb.
10
I merely hinted I thought him a conceited coxcomb; and so I do.
11
I was no coxcomb; I had had experiences, and I knew these signs.
12
They say that he was a fool and a coxcomb in private life.
13
I have supped with -- ;butI am growing a coxcomb.
14
He was no coxcomb, and he set no false value on the words.
15
I am sorry he was such a coxcomb, for he was the best.
16
Stopping a coxcomb of the first water, Who is Mr. St.
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United Kingdom
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