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coign

British

/ kɔɪn /

noun

variant spellings of quoin

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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 1

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The text of this book is frequently corrupt; but the evident sense of these ungrammatical lines 3-5 is that the envoys were allowed to watch the unsuspecting damsels from some hidden coign of vantage.

From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton

“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 Bertram Mitford

From this coign of vantage Stirling watched developments with eyes which had been sharpened by suspicion and a determination to find out the truth about the unknown woman.

From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

Sir Geoffrey, from his coign of vantage in the chancel, perceived with some astonishment that Hamlin had a script on the cushion in front of him.

From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Horace Annesley Vachell

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

From Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport by Beatrice Violet Graham Greville

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