Citations:blowhard
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English citations of blowhard
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- 1809, Abraham B. Lindsley, Love And Friendship; Or, Yankee Notions (D. Longworth, New York), Act III:
- Damn me, but I am glad old Blowhard has come to his senses, relented, and spliced his girls to their lovers.
- 1819, Robert Morrison, A Memoir of the Principle Occurrences during an Embassy from the British Government to the Court of China in the Year 1816, p. 160:
- One of them attained the appellation of "old blow-hard," from his being short of breath.
- 1823, James Fennimore Cooper, The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea:
- "[D]on't you see that Congress wants us to cut up Johnny Bull's coasters, and that old Blow-Hard has found the days too short for his business, and so he has landed a party to get hold of night."