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Meanings of coxcomb in English

Portuguese
crista
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The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds.

        crista
        Usage of coxcomb in English
        1
        Of course he wasn't; he would likely come late, the old coxcomb.
        Seraphina
        2
        But anyway, this grammatical coxcomb's review is interesting, as I said before.
        Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
        3
        The coxcomb, hearing himself addressed, had stopped, and his companions with him.
        Purity of blood
        4
        They were right, and I had been an ass and a coxcomb.
        Dr. Dumany's Wife
        5
        I had rather your lordship should be a coward, than a coxcomb.
        Four Early Pamphlets
        6
        You are right, my dear Bell, and I am a prating coxcomb.
        The History of Emily Montague
        7
        He said once of a man, that his conscience was a coxcomb.
        The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 6
        8
        I saw that young silk-haired coxcomb, Gustave Rameau, introduce him to her.
        The Parisians — Volume 09
        9
        Whatever might be said of others, thou, at least, wast no coxcomb.
        Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The...
        10
        I merely hinted I thought him a conceited coxcomb; and so I do.
        Molly Bawn
        11
        I was no coxcomb; I had had experiences, and I knew these signs.
        Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
        12
        They say that he was a fool and a coxcomb in private life.
        Through the Magic Door
        13
        I have supped with -- ;butI am growing a coxcomb.
        The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
        14
        He was no coxcomb, and he set no false value on the words.
        St. Martin's Summer
        15
        I am sorry he was such a coxcomb, for he was the best.
        The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
        16
        Stopping a coxcomb of the first water, Who is Mr. St.
        Devereux — Volume 01
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        crista
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