gasconade

• But most Northern people regarded the disunion threats as mere gasconade,--meant only to carry an election, and then to be quietly dropped. —  The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement
• Had not this fact been guaranteed by formal enquiry, it could only have been admitted as a specimen of brutal gasconade, and in proof of how much a cruel fancy could exceed the actual guilt of mankind. —  The History of Tasmania , Volume II
• Mr. Randolph indulged in a little gasconade, in which he announced that his carriage was waiting at the door to convey him to Baltimore, and at the conclusion of his remarks he left the Senate Chamber and the city. —  Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis
• He asked only seventy-five days and nights before he opened it to the public This appeared to all a mere gasconade, and was much laughed at. —  The Queen's Necklace
• Shadows, indeed, are flung upon the waters, but Phulax still holds the substance with tenacious teeth Stop awhile, my dog and shadow, and generously drop the world a morsel; be not quite so bold when no one thinks of robbing you, and spare your gasconade: the expediency of a sample has been cleverly suggested, and WE ego et canis meus_, royal in munificence, do graciously accede. —  An Author's Mind : The Book of Title-pages

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