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n. - An instance of boastful talk adj. - Exhibiting self-importance.

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  • Here is one WWII veteran, serial no. 39619332, who is sick and tired of McCain crowing about his military experience.
  • Swartboy sunk his holes by "crowing" -- which process he performed by means of a small pointed stick.
  • Which makes the crowing from the right wing about Chile’s economic performance that mush more repulsive and misleading.
  • Kilian described DP leader Tony Leon's "crowing" about the
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