Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Vain boasting; boastfulness.
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- noun
Bragging ;boastfulness .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And a non-trivial percentage of readers — myself included — interpret alumni posts as a form of braggartry.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Harvard Overseer and Director Elections 2010
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PKL: And a non-trivial percentage of readers — myself included — interpret alumni posts as a form of braggartry.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Harvard Overseer and Director Elections 2010
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And a non-trivial percentage of readers — myself included — interpret alumni posts as a form of braggartry.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Harvard Overseer and Director Elections 2010
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PKL: And a non-trivial percentage of readers — myself included — interpret alumni posts as a form of braggartry.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Harvard Overseer and Director Elections 2010
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Speaking of bad people in Washington (who number in the thousands), let me close with a brief comment about Bob Woodward, the former Midwesterner who, as discussed in a prior blog, gave up Midwestern modesty for east coast braggartry.
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His fake enthusiasms and windy lies, which were always being found out, his unconvincing braggartry — surely no physical passion could counteract the blast of these upon a sensitive intelligence.
Flowers for the Judge Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1934
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Seneca, of Petronius, to turn their fearlessness into timidity or braggartry?
The Approach to Philosophy Ralph Barton Perry 1916
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"The Call of the Wreckin 'Ball," a chunk of chicken-coop blues braggartry from the Knitters, an X spin-off group.
JSOnline.com 2010
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"The Call of the Wreckin 'Ball," a chunk of chicken-coop blues braggartry from the Knitters, an X spin-off group.
JSOnline.com 2010
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But a positive accounting could be offered without braggartry, and would include:
David E's Fablog 2010
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