coign
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing coign
Example Sentences
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He eyed her momentarily from a vast and aloof coign of vantage.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
The crow flaps in sudden alarm, the mink takes shelter in his coign of vantage among the driftwood, and the jays raise a multitudinous clamor of discordant outcry.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)
Helston had slid down from his coign of vantage, and now deliberately walked forth into the open.
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram
That is to say, put yourself in the author's place, and try to see his work from his point, of view, which is sure to be a coign of vantage.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander
The roar of the city mounted to their high coign only in a subdued murmur, as of the sea at a distance.
From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Carryl, Guy Wetmore
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