vaunty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of vaunty
Example Sentences
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Wi' bonnet sae vaunty, an owerlay sae clean, An' ribbon that waved 'boon his bree, He cam' doun the cleugh at the gloamin' yestreen, An' rappit, an' soon speert for me.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
It sets folk ill to be o'er crouse an' vaunty; But, 'deed, I'm thankfu' an' sae unco canty That, like the bairns, I'd like to get the play, An' ware upo' mysel' ae idle day.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick
No wonder that our apathy annoyed the parties, who had so just a reason to "be vaunty" of so expensive an establishment!
From Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Costello, Louisa Stuart
Now, Jocky, I must here explain I wasna drunk, just fou ye ken; Just fresh and free and swaggerin' canty, And bauld as Wallace wight and vaunty.
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Flint, Violet
And Mysie, wha's clavering aunty Wud match her wi' Laurie the Laird, And learns the young fule to be vaunty, But neither to spin nor to caird.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
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