He is also of an ancient family; but, in his person and manners, more of what I call the coxcomb than any of his companions. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
No, no, no! Never was there so bright a turn in my fate as when this titled coxcomb, with his smooth voice and gaudy fripperies, came hither!. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference
And a coxcomb is a jester's hat, for those of us who aren't versed in obsolete English. From Wordnik.com. [The Web Comic List - Latest Webcomics] Reference
As the poet died in 1642, Swift ridicules the statement that this kind of coxcomb was "utterly new.". From Wordnik.com. [The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer] Reference
However, the jury thought that he went too far in his phrase "nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture," and probably the word "coxcomb" was fatal, for it was irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette"] Reference
"coxcomb," but becoming acquainted with Gell while the satire was in the press, Byron changed it to "classic.". From Wordnik.com. [Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1] Reference
Why, what a foolhardy, self-conceited coxcomb he is!. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls] Reference
Is it now the mawkish Major, and now the coxcomb Clarendel?. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
Sir George Etherege, a coxcomb and a diplomatist, was born in. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
But art thou not a hasty coxcomb to pick up a wry word so wrathfully?. From Wordnik.com. [Kenilworth] Reference
I could have struck the coxcomb; but held myself in, and asked to see. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
Pringle; and Zephaniah Pringle, a literary coxcomb of the first order. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828] Reference
The truly wise man is modest, and the braggart and coxcomb are valued but little. From Wordnik.com. [Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life.] Reference
"So should I be satisfied -- but how bitter the insolence of this young coxcomb!". From Wordnik.com. [The Languages of Pao]
For the proud young nabob beside her, or for the good-humored little coxcomb over here?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884] Reference
But let not the reader suppose that he was either a superannuated coxcomb or a driveling dotard. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
I raged, and stormed, and went mad, but it signified nothing, the coxcomb never troubled himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
"De la Ventileria" is the unmeaning name given to a frivolous coxcomb, instead of "De la Ventilera.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
With more reason might Dr. Doddridge have blushed to think that his great-grandson was to be a coxcomb. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
No man, unless he be a downright coxcomb, will ever admit to one woman that another woman has loved him. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873] Reference
Well, do my readers remember the honest milk-maid's retort to the coxcomb who said he wouldn't marry her?. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 21, 1891] Reference
This young lady has no fewer than three suitors, one of whom, a rich young coxcomb enters to order a drug. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
'You are a terrible coxcomb, my dear Clarendel! and I am a worse myself for giving you so much encouragement. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
We hear of 'that egregious coxcomb D'Israeli, outraging the privilege a young man has of being absurd'; and Sydney. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Then he called himself a coxcomb and a self-deceiver, and made a grasp at the good resolutions that had almost escaped him. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
His condition was that she should shut her door to Dikaios, her friend of twenty years, and proclaim this coxcomb as her favorite. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
A man would have to be a rare coxcomb, 'he went on,' to think it needful that he should make public proclamation of a fact like that. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Upon my soul, I think ROLAND the most empty-headed fribble, the most affected coxcomb, and the most conceited noodle in the whole world. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 28, 1891] Reference
You despise not more than I do the knave and coxcomb; for no other, to satiate their own vanity, would sport away the quiet of a fellow-creature. From Wordnik.com. [Barford Abbey] Reference
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