Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Boasting.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A boasting.

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  • noun archaic Boasting.

Etymologies

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From Old French bobance.

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Examples

  • 'Puddleglum,' they've said, ` you're altogether too full of bobance and bounce and high spirits.

    The Silver Chair Lewis, C. S. 1953

  • We have had great good fortune in France, and it hath led to much bobance and camp-fire talk, but I have ever noticed that those who know the most have the least to say about it.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "We have had enough bobance and boasting," said Hordle John, rising and throwing off his doublet.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • We have had great good fortune in France, and it hath led to much bobance and camp-fire talk, but I have ever noticed that those who know the most have the least to say about it.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • We have had great good fortune in France, and it hath led to much bobance and camp-fire talk, but I have ever noticed that those who know the most have the least to say about it.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "We have had enough bobance and boasting," said Hordle John, rising and throwing off his doublet.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "We have had enough bobance and boasting," said Hordle John, rising and throwing off his doublet.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • And by that she showed that the pomp and bobance of the world should be eschewed, and that she conformed her unto the Virgin Mary; and when she came home she gave to some poor women the clothes in which she went to church.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900

  • Ned with his head cloven, and it would be more fitting if you were saying aves for his soul, instead of all this bobance and boasting.

    Sir Nigel Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • "We have had enough bobance and boasting," said Hordle John, rising and throwing off his doublet.

    The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

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