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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An advantageous position.
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- noun a good
position for observation, judgment, criticism, action, etc.
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Too_Tall_George commented on the word coign of vantage
Example: There was a great plenty of of pictures on the walls, on the shelves of the mantelpiece, and around generally; where coign of vantage offered were statuettes, and quaint and pretty gimcracks, and rare and costly specimens of peculiarly devilish china.
- Mark Twain, The Loves of Alonzo Fitz
June 22, 2009