He plays neither jack-pudding nor coxcomb.
Source: tatoeba (10656927)
Coxcomb
//ˈkɒks.koʊm//
Synonyms for "coxcomb" (44 found)
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23 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- франт noun (foolish or conceited person)
- шапка на шут noun (court jester's cap)
Danish
1 entries- hanekam noun (pate of a rooster)
Finnish
4 entries- heltta noun (pate of a rooster)
- narri noun (foolish or conceited person)
- narrinhattu noun (court jester's cap)
- pelle noun (foolish or conceited person)
German
1 entries- Hahnenkamm noun (pate of a rooster)
Polish
3 entries- czapka nadwornego błazna noun (court jester's cap)
- fircyk noun (foolish or conceited person)
- grzebień koguta noun (pate of a rooster)
Russian
4 entries- гре́бень noun (pate of a rooster)
- пету́ший гребешо́к noun (pate of a rooster)
- пижо́н noun (foolish or conceited person)
- самодово́льный хлы́щ noun (foolish or conceited person)
Spanish
2 entries- cresta noun (pate of a rooster)
- lechuguino noun (foolish or conceited person)
Swedish
1 entries- tuppkam noun (pate of a rooster)
Ternate
1 entries- sulesule noun (pate of a rooster)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
At the risk of spoiling my story and of being taken for a coxcomb, I state my intention at the outset.
Source: tatoeba (10971162)
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.
Source: wiktionary
[F]or tho' I am afraid the Doctor was a little of a Coxcomb, he might be nevertheleſs very much of a Surgeon.
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