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portugués

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

Uso de coxcomb en inglés

Of course he wasn't; he would likely come late, the old coxcomb. 
 Seraphina 

But anyway, this grammatical coxcomb's review is interesting, as I said before. 
 Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1 

The coxcomb, hearing himself addressed, had stopped, and his companions with him. 
 Purity of blood 

They were right, and I had been an ass and a coxcomb. 
 Dr. Dumany's Wife 

I had rather your lordship should be a coward, than a coxcomb. 
 Four Early Pamphlets 

You are right, my dear Bell, and I am a prating coxcomb. 
 The History of Emily Montague 

He said once of a man, that his conscience was a coxcomb. 
 The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 6 

I saw that young silk-haired coxcomb, Gustave Rameau, introduce him to her. 
 The Parisians — Volume 09 

Whatever might be said of others, thou, at least, wast no coxcomb. 
 Old Portraits and Modern Sketches / Part 1 from Volume VI of The... 

I merely hinted I thought him a conceited coxcomb; and so I do. 
 Molly Bawn 

I was no coxcomb; I had had experiences, and I knew these signs. 
 Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin... 

They say that he was a fool and a coxcomb in private life. 
 Through the Magic Door 

I have supped with -- ;butI am growing a coxcomb. 
 The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las... 

He was no coxcomb, and he set no false value on the words. 
 St. Martin's Summer 

I am sorry he was such a coxcomb, for he was the best. 
 The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 

Stopping a coxcomb of the first water, Who is Mr. St. 
 Devereux — Volume 01 

coxcomb

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portugués

Coxcomb a través del tiempo

Coxcomb por variante geográfica

Reino Unido

Común

Significados de coxcomb en inglés