SNAIL'S TALES: An occasion for a clinquant celebration skip to main. From Wordnik.com. [An occasion for a clinquant celebration] Reference
Beaming, the lady held out a purse, heavy and all clinquant, as the man says, with gold. From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
Pour ne parler que de celui de mon personnage, le site se veut clinquant, vendeur, imitant. From Wordnik.com. [Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas] Reference
"Le clinquant du Tasse!" exclaimed Isaura, indignantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Parisians — Complete] Reference
The clinquant corslet of the Swiss girl just survives at bals costumés. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Max Beerbohm] Reference
My eyes rejoice in the shine of it; its clinquant sound is music in my ears. From Wordnik.com. [Trivia] Reference
"Pardon, Monsieur, in every age a love-story keeps its interest; but who cares nowadays for le clinquant du Tasse?". From Wordnik.com. [The Parisians — Complete] Reference
The General and the generals went in and crowded the hall of audience, very clinquant with its black and white floor, glass chandeliers, long mirrors and single gilded center table. From Wordnik.com. [The Surrender of Santiago An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898] Reference
One cannot help asking one's self, diffidently indeed, but pertinaciously, are not the ornaments too clinquant, do not the decorations assert themselves too presumptuously and mar the softer and more harmonious colors of the groundwork?. From Wordnik.com. [The Novels of Mrs. Wharton] Reference
We may covet general admiration for a bad action -- (for many bad actions have the clinquant, which passes for real gold) -- but one can expect general esteem only for a good one. ". From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
She that a clinquant outside doth adore. From Wordnik.com. [The Lucasta Poems] Reference
Or venerates the clinquant charlatan, . From Wordnik.com. [Captain Craig: I. III. Captain Craig, Etc] Reference
Galliard and clinquant she appear'd to give. From Wordnik.com. [The Lucasta Poems] Reference
An occasion for a clinquant celebration. From Wordnik.com. [SNAIL'S TALES] Reference
It is difficult to find any clinquant of hope. From Wordnik.com. [Big Cat Country] Reference
All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods. From Wordnik.com. [The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth] Reference
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