coign

/ kɔɪn /

noun

variant spellings of quoin

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Jack watched from his coign of vantage in the bush.

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They naturally selected the coign of vantage, and between them slew the tiger.

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From this coign of vantage he watched her as she again arose and plodded off through the dust with the bag swinging over one shoulder.

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Nave, choir, and transept glorified with light, While tongues of fire on coign and carving play!

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I did so with some inward reluctance, for this was the seat par excellence of the master of "Hildebrand Hundred"; from this very coign of vantage Francis Graeme had toppled to his death.

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coiffurist coign of vantage

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