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Definition of Outbragging
1. outbrag [v] - See also: outbrag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outbragging
Literary usage of Outbragging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1852)
"We thus see that there is no real rant in Hamlet.; he is not outbragging Laertes ;
but institutes the P ossible, in contradiction to swagger and mouthing. ..."
2. Poems by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (1890)
"Wrong dares not in her presence speak, Nor spotted thought its taint disclose
Under the protest of a cheek outbragging Nature's boast the rose. ..."
3. Woman and Her Era by Eliza Woodson Burhans Farnham (1864)
"... Wrong dare not in her presence speak, Nor spotted thought its taint disclose
Under the protest of a cheek outbragging Nature's boast, the rose. ..."
4. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and by John Clark Ridpath (1903)
"... Under the protest of a cheek outbragging Nature's boast, the rose. In mind
and manners how discreet! How artless in her very art! ..."
5. Memoirs of John Quincy Adams: Comprising Portions of His Diary from 1795 to 1848 by John Quincy Adams (1874)
"He said the art of it was to beat your adversary by holding your hand, with a
solemn and confident phiz, and outbragging him. He appealed to Mr. Bayard if ..."
6. The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and ...by John Clark Ridpath by John Clark Ridpath (1898)
"... Under the protest of a cheek outbragging Nature's boast, the rose. In mind
and manners how discreet! How artless in her very art ! ..."
7. Poems by Francis Thompson (1894)
"Wrong dares not in her presence speak, Nor spotted thought its taint disclose
Under the protest of a cheek outbragging Nature's boast the rose. ..."
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