coigne of vantage

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English

Noun

coigne of vantage (plural coignes of vantage)

Alternative form of coign of vantage
- 1884, Robert Kennaway Douglas, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., s.v. "Nanking":
  From the eaves of the several stories there hung one hundred and fifty-two bells, and countless lanterns adorned the same coignes of vantage.

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