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Grammar : Noun
Spell : koks-kohm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒksˌkoʊm



Définition of coxcomb

Origin :
  • 1570s, from cokkes comb (1560s, see cockscomb).
  • noun fop
Example sentences :
  • Somebody says, that nature may make a fool, but a coxcomb is always of his own making.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Heart, I took it for granted, he had none; how should a coxcomb come by a heart?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Whatever might be said of others, thou, at least, wast no coxcomb.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Now let him, he has my consent, be as great a coxcomb as ever wore red heels.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • He felt a desire to tell this coxcomb just what he thought of him.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • Having been a coxcomb in his youth, Fox was now degenerating into the sloven.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • I was no coxcomb; I had had experiences, and I knew these signs.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Do you suppose I'd give that coxcomb the triumph of thinking I want to make up to him?
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • There was none of the concealed vanity of a coxcomb in this knowledge.
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • Let no one rashly pronounce me a coxcomb, vain and pretentious, for all this.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever

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