Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Vainglorious display; the state of being puffed up with vanity.
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- noun
gaudy showiness
Etymologies
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Examples
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But beyond that, the Congressional GOP outrage over the matter is also steeped in a competing exhibition of abstract expressionism: deficit peacockery.
GOP-Led Smithsonian Controversy Will Likely Make Controversial Artists Better-Known The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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But beyond that, the Congressional GOP outrage over the matter is also steeped in a competing exhibition of abstract expressionism: deficit peacockery.
GOP-Led Smithsonian Controversy Will Likely Make Controversial Artists Better-Known Jason Linkins 2010
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I awkwardly boogied my way in her direction, decorating myself en route with the obligatory bar mitzvah dance floor peacockery, and we locked eyes.
The Human Bobby Gabe Rotter 2010
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But beyond that, the Congressional GOP outrage over the matter is also steeped in a competing exhibition of abstract expressionism: deficit peacockery.
GOP-Led Smithsonian Controversy Will Likely Make Controversial Artists Better-Known The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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But beyond that, the Congressional GOP outrage over the matter is also steeped in a competing exhibition of abstract expressionism: deficit peacockery.
GOP-Led Smithsonian Controversy Will Likely Make Controversial Artists Better-Known The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I awkwardly boogied my way in her direction, decorating myself en route with the obligatory bar mitzvah dance floor peacockery, and we locked eyes.
The Human Bobby Gabe Rotter 2010
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I awkwardly boogied my way in her direction, decorating myself en route with the obligatory bar mitzvah dance floor peacockery, and we locked eyes.
The Human Bobby Gabe Rotter 2010
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But beyond that, the Congressional GOP outrage over the matter is also steeped in a competing exhibition of abstract expressionism: deficit peacockery.
GOP-Led Smithsonian Controversy Will Likely Make Controversial Artists Better-Known The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Certainly, an element of social peacockery does come into play — but that alone does not account for the phenomenon.
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Confidence and peacockery can be entertaining as long as you know and are consistently reminded of where the focal point is—or, in this case, Who it is.
April 2008 2008
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