Coxcomb

//ˈkɒks.koʊm//

"Coxcomb" in a Sentence (5 examples)

He plays neither jack-pudding nor coxcomb.

At the risk of spoiling my story and of being taken for a coxcomb, I state my intention at the outset.

Thanks to my stars, I once can see / A window here from scribbling free! / Here no conceited coxcombs pass, / To scratch their paltry drabs on glass; / Nor party-fool is calling names, / Or dealing crowns to George and James.

[F]or tho' I am afraid the Doctor was a little of a Coxcomb, he might be nevertheleſs very much of a Surgeon.

And she nearly started a fight between two young fops in plumed hats and flouncy collars: "Clay-brained coxcomb!" "Mewling milk-livered maggot!"

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