coxcombries
- plural of coxcombry.
Example Sentences
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And all these coxcombries are the appendages of, as it seems to us, as little intellect as the rings and brooches of the Exquisite in a modern novel.
From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley
In another he remonstrates against certain frivolous affectations, and some of the coxcombries of literary modishness.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John
