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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
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Examples for "comb"
Examples for "comb"
1
Lastly, do take a fine comb to your new year's cost budget.
The South African
2
Re-comb to set hairs in place and give a more natural look.
Ebony
3
Melt comb with a small amount of water in a large cauldron.
Outlander
4
The plant comb two refineries and also has a Point Breeze section.
Reuters
5
He probably got the cap when comb-overs were no longer an option.
Deadly Décisions
1
The border is composed of festoons decorated with cockscomb and sprays of flowers.
Quilts: Their Story and How to Make Them
2
Powdered cockscomb, desiccated pigeon hearts, and who knows what other rot.
The Oracle Glass
3
I saw thick white hair, centered and splayed like a cockscomb.
Fatal Voyage
4
From the shape of the flames this form of burner received the name "cockscomb."
Artificial Light: Its Influence upon Civilization
5
He was a cockscomb, he was an ass; but he preferred the West of England to Italy.
In a Green Shade / A Country Commentary
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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Portuguese
crista
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