coign
coigne
/ (kɔɪn) /
variant spellings of quoin
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How to use coign in a sentence
From a sense of justice, I hastened to remunerate those who had been deprived of their coign of vantage, but, alas!
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsI went yesterday to the Piazza del Quirinale to see the royal processions come out of the palace and had a fine coign of vantage.
Polly the Pagan | Isabel AndersonJohn from a coign of vantage saw approaching a young man in a gray German uniform, followed by four hussars, also in German gray.
The Hosts of the Air | Joseph A. AltshelerThe roar of the city mounted to their high coign only in a subdued murmur, as of the sea at a distance.
The Transgression of Andrew Vane | Guy Wetmore CarrylThe lawyer jumped up and drew a protesting Emerald from her horsehair coign of vantage.
Shadows of Flames | Amelie Rives
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