Boaster
a person who boasts or brags.
a chisel for boasting stone.
Historical Examples
Penrod Booth Tarkington
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete Lewis Goldsmith
Historic Boyhoods Rupert Sargent Holland
Cattle and Cattle-breeders William M’Combie
Lords of the North A. C. Laut
IT and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris
Under Fire Charles King
Cleopatra H. Rider Haggard
Early English Alliterative Poems Various
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop
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