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show-offs

  • plural
    of show-off.
    show-off
    noun
    a person given to pretentious display.

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Even your author snubbed the offer of a mobile phone in 1997 convinced they'd only be for "show-offs" and would never really catch on.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2023

But the show-offs want to scoop it up and run the fumble into the end zone.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2019

That doesn’t mean it’s an album for show-offs.

From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2016

They typically favour loyal insiders, not show-offs who promise dramatic change.

From Economist ● Mar. 10, 2016

But Jule couldn’t stand a day at the pool with those high school boys, lumpish little show-offs.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart