gasconades

Hannity and his gang of gorillas are goin to have to pay for their gasconades about themselves that make us gag.

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This French word signified a sort of sport much used among the French chivalry, which consisted in vying with each other in making the most romantic gasconades.

The Talisman 2008

He was disconcerted at this declaration, to which he made no reply, but repaired to the dancers, among whom he recounted his victory with many exaggerations and gasconades; while I, taking up my sword, went to my quarters, and examined my wound, which I found was of no consequence.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

* They spin him a thousand gasconades, saying that the war is over, that the Emperor

War and Peace 2003

We conclude that all these endless conflicts with the legal necessities of his case are the mere gasconades of Irish newspapers, addressing themselves to provincial readers.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 Various

The Convention were indeed, at first, greatly elated by the dispatches from Amsterdam, and imagined they were on the eve of dictating to all Europe: the churches were ordered to toll their only bell, and the gasconades of the bulletin were uncommonly pompous -- but the novelty of the event has now subsided, and the conquest of Holland excites less interest than the thaw.

A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners An English Lady

The Convention were indeed, at first, greatly elated by the dispatches from Amsterdam, and imagined they were on the eve of dictating to all Europe: the churches were ordered to toll their only bell, and the gasconades of the bulletin were uncommonly pompous -- but the novelty of the event has now subsided, and the conquest of Holland excites less interest than the thaw.

A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part IV., 1795 Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners An English Lady

This French word signified a sort of sport much used among the French chivalry, which consisted in vying with each other in making the most romantic gasconades.

The Talisman 1894

They spin him a thousand gasconades, saying that the war is over, that the Emperor Francis is arranging a meeting with Bonaparte, that they desire to see Prince Auersperg, and so on.

War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869

The wonderful career of fame and fortune that awaits him, and after indulging in all kinds of humorous gasconades, concludes: “Let me, then, stop my fancy to take a view of my future self ” and, as the boys say, light down to see myself on horseback.

Oliver Goldsmith Irving, Washington 1849