coign
Britishnoun
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Example Sentences
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Mrs. Bundy, from her fifty years' coign of vantage, saw life as Arthur could not see it; above all, she saw its width, which was a great vision to attain.
From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)
The lawyer jumped up and drew a protesting Emerald from her horsehair coign of vantage.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
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
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 Vachell, Horace Annesley
As our friends noiselessly gained their coign of vantage, the prisoner was speaking, and his voice, though clear, was so weak and low that the trio had to strain their ears to catch his words.
From Into the Unknown A Romance of South Africa by Fletcher, Lawrence
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