Word: braggadocios
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...glass of it to celebrate his victory. Came a night when he was the guest at a supper in the Savoy Hotel, London, at which Loie Fuller, dancer, and Mme. Yvette Guilbert performed for him as if he were royalty. Where another would thump his chest in robust braggadocio, he speaks with a sly wink and a deprecating gesture, for he wants the reader to understand that Corbett was a prize-fighter who wore a gardenia in his buttonhole...
Thus embellished, the bull is now ready for the espada, or matador; the swordsman, the killer, the hero of the day. It is to this final role that the apprentice aspires. Sometimes, through sheer braggadocio, the merest man may spring to fame overnight by leaping down into an arena if some emergency should arise at this crucial juncture of a fight. That is seldom seen, however...
...SHOW-OFF?One of the best comedies of this or any other season, making braggadocio more endurable with laughter...
...second thought that General Allen impressed upon his audience was the importance of the United States abroad. In various parts of his speech the following ideas on the subject was expressed: "Without being a braggadocio, Americans can say that if the United States had not come to the aid of the Allies, the sovereignty of many European states would be different from what it is today. In the spring of 1918 our big Allies were holding on merely by the hope for our reinforcements. They were entirely on the defensive; no offensives were planned...
...CRIMSON is criticized for "not doing its own thinking" and for being overcome by "tinsel and braggadocio." During the past two years we have not been blind to the events which have occurred outside of the sanctum, nor have we been deaf to the plentiful advice from both camps in this country. We have considered carefully the many questions leading up to the present issue, and have taken a clearly defined stand. Whether our position is the right one cannot be decided by any contemporary tribunal, but the accusation that this stand was taken unthinkingly and by the direction...