Embryos and idiots, eremites and friars White, black, and grey, with all their trumpery. From LearnThat.org. [John Milton (1608-1674)]
"What trumpery is this?" he inquired, superciliously, noticing it almost immediately, and grasping the significance of it as promptly. From Wordnik.com. [Aleta Dey] Reference
I wonder ---- But I suppose Floyd will save the rest of his 'trumpery' for her!. From Wordnik.com. [Floyd Grandon's Honor] Reference
Noun : His usual conversation is pure trumpery. From Dictionary.com.
Now, when a story is recited, that is, when it is treated as a dramatic performance, this kind of trumpery is permissible, if ill-advised. From Wordnik.com. [Death carries a camcorder] Reference
In the country, indeed, one is obliged to take up with all kind of trumpery; but in town I visit none but the women of quality. From Wordnik.com. [VIII. Containing Scenes of Altercation, of No Very Uncommon Kind. Book VII] Reference
The dinner which followed this unhappy beginning of the evening was as dismal and constrained as if poor "trumpery" were still present. From Wordnik.com. [A Young Mutineer] Reference
In the country, indeed, one is obliged to take up with all kind of trumpery; but in town I visit none but the women of women of quality. From Wordnik.com. [History of Tom Jones, a Foundling] Reference
"trumpery," and so supplement the idea of worthlessness with that other idea, equally grateful to the author, of deceit. From Wordnik.com. [Style] Reference
My soldiers soon let light into each trumpery defence. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 10, June 4, 1870] Reference
The little things that matter, the trumpery things that please. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 14th, 1920] Reference
Roll up your aristocratic trumpery, and give the party a leader. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
Almost at the same instant the woman in her trumpery saw him too. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
Rickeybockey, that he don't attempts to humbug us by any such foreign trumpery. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
And yet you squander those riches on croquet and organdies and trumpery works of art. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
"And there is the trumpery trinket which I had hoped you would have worn for my sake.". From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
But I might have known that she could not, all at once, wean herself from the trumpery. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
These consisted of several round-looking stones, two deer's heads, and other inferior trumpery. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
He is no piece of trumpery, but has all the appearance of being that noblest work, an honest man. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
The object of this, he tell us, was to prevent its being used for the purchase of "foreign trumpery.". From Wordnik.com. [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference
What a glory it is for poetry that it can make any piece of trumpery an object of curiosity and interest!. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
These proclivities Megilp's conversation, pursuits, and studio full of trumpery were calculated to gratify. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 1] Reference
Once more I bring myself to bear on the furniture and the trumpery, and there is a small household whirlpool. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862] Reference
Well, he's the expert, but I look at the ads and I see trumpery so obvious a sixth grader could see through it. From Wordnik.com. [The Power of Pure Poppycock] Reference
And even that, I think, it will only take a single trumpery harangue, cheered by our lackeys, to throw away also. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
But he did not seem a bit angry; he very seldom is angry, unless at some trumpery thing, as when he threw the book away. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
The private dining room of the Ritz, spacious as it was, had been built in a more trumpery style than the Hôtel de Ville. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
So if the distinguished Flashman, with all his trumpery titles, were to disappear … why, he sailed on the mail for home!. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the angel of the lord]
It must assuredly be one of the useless hangers-on of her husband come to ask her to plead for him in regard to some trumpery loan. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
All the salesmen are seated on the ground in the midst of their valuable or trumpery merchandise, their legs bared nearly to the waist. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The tell-tale trumpery and eaves-dropping with which the "Tour of a German Prince" is trickseyed out, reminds us of an observation by. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832] Reference
Accordingly nothing but the trumpery of mere penny-a-liners is brought forward, though this sometimes assumes an appearance of originality. From Wordnik.com. [International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850] Reference
On the other hand, "Scarce of company, welcome trumpery," Mrs Murchison always emphatically declared to be no part of her social philosophy. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
White, black, and gray, with all their trumpery — here and there intermingled with military idlers, in the uniforms of their several regiments. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
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