coign
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing coign
Example Sentences
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Besides, he had selected a dark spot for his coign of observation.
From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann
It would be far better to seize this coign of vantage, especially as Copley had not the smallest idea of the bitter enemy he was maintaining under his roof.
From Hard Pressed by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)
From a coign of vantage in the cavern, of which we were ignorant, he had observed the secreting of the jewels by the Bo's'n.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler
“It is magnificent!” said Yseulte, as from the coign of vantage which the other had secured for her she surveyed the approaching band.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram
They naturally selected the coign of vantage, and between them slew the tiger.
From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Greville, Beatrice Violet Graham
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