Boaster

• “One was Carin-Jama, otherwise The Silent; and the other was Bellin-Jama, The Boaster.”

  Chapter 7

• “There is the taste of a McVitie's Boaster laced with mephedrone.”

  The Guardian: Tamara Drewe

• “On my honour, he also had us served with a bird three times as large as Cleonymus, [165] and called the Boaster.”

  The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1

• “Boaster; although Sir John Boasters famous Shake-bag, but three weeks before, had fought against that incomparable Game-Cock of Squire”

  The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple

• “On my honour, he also had us served with a bird three times as large as Cleonymus, (1) and called the Boaster.”

  The Acharnians

• “He was waiting for him at the head of the stairs; and on his approaching with the foolish and awkward air of a deluded villain, ‘Well, ’ said, or rather vociferated, he, ‘Signor Boaster, Signor Captain, Signor Leave-it-to-me?”

  Chapter XI

• “Boaster though he was, there was little doubt as to Jordan's efficiency or his courage.”

  Rimrock Trail

• “For this he was named the Liar and the Boaster, and, though well liked, derided.”

  The Valley of the Kings

• “Boaster!" said Traverse to himself, as he also left the library by another door.”

  The Hidden Hand

• “Chibiabos, sang a melodious love-song, and when this was finished, Iagoo the Boaster, jealous of the praise and applause bestowed on the musician, told one of his most marvelous stories, and well pleased the wedding-guests took their departure.”

  The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose

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