cabotin

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
"Pah!" said an old cabotin, after one of these word-pictures.

View all »
Examples (18)

  • She had had an idea that foreign actresses were rather of the cabotin order, but her hostess suggested to her much more a princess than a cabotine_. —  The Tragic Muse
  • "Pah!" said an old cabotin, after one of these word-pictures. —  The Soul of the War
  • When she dismisses Oscar Wilde as a cabotin and yet thinks that the law should not have meddled with him--is not that the man and the situation in a nutshell No wonder straightforward sentiments like these do not appeal to our age of neutral tints and compromise, to our vegetarian world-reformers who are as incapable of enthusiasm as they are of contempt, because their blood-temperature is invariably two degrees below the normal. —  Alone
  • I'll be no _cabotin_ of care, —  Ballads of a Bohemian
  • You would have treated me, had you been less polite, as a Philistine and a cabotin. —  Cosmopolis — Complete
 

Tags

cabotin hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 4 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.

Recently looked up

self-torturing · fish-hook · hd · hcg · repaid

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

its not like im ugly people tell me im pretty · be careful! the razor is razor-sharp! · minty-fresh death threat · please stop sucking the monkeybread · beauregard