coign
Britishnoun
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The lawyer jumped up and drew a protesting Emerald from her horsehair coign of vantage.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
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 Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
Jack watched from his coign of vantage in the bush.
From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Herbert Strang
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 Brander Matthews
“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
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