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coxcombry

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cox·comb·ry  (kkskmr, -skm-)
n. pl. cox·comb·ries
Behavior that is characteristic of or appropriate to a coxcomb; foppish conceit.

coxcombry [ˈkɒksˌkəʊmrɪ]
n pl -ries
conceited arrogance or foppishness

coxcombry
foolish conceit or vanity; behavior typical of a coxcomb.
See also: Behavior


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He chose to lay aside his hat and wear a scarlet fez of her embroidering; but by superficial observers this was necessarily liable to be interpreted less as a compliment to Lucy than as a mark of coxcombry.
Many a young partridge who strutted complacently among the stubble, with all the finicking coxcombry of youth, and many an older one who watched his levity out of his little round eye, with the contemptuous air of a bird of wisdom and experience, alike unconscious of their approaching doom, basked in the fresh morning air with lively and blithesome feelings, and a few hours afterwards were laid low upon the earth.
 
 
 
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