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Definition of Coxcombs
1. coxcomb [n] - See also: coxcomb
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coxcombs
Literary usage of Coxcombs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rhymes on Art; Or, The Remonstrance of a Painter:: In Two Parts. : With by Martin Archer Shee (1805)
"coxcombs, exulting, &c.]—The sagacious reveries of Du Bos, and Winkleman, on this
subject, have been ably * The drawings of Carlo Vanloo ..."
2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"... coxcombs, Slender-wits. Paper-skulls, &c. bond, by JW for J. Clark, at the
Bible and Harp, ... coxcombs ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... coxcombs sitting at a table : Titat -ill the painted (abb-mat about you take
vou to '--.- !^...-« apparent to rich Midas. ..."
4. Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes by Samuel Austin Allibone (1875)
"Let a man be ne'er so wise, He may be caught with sober lies; For, take it in
its proper light, 'Tis just what coxcombs call a bite. FAME. SWIFT. ..."
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