† flaunt-tantn.
Obsolete. rare.
A showy array (of words).
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flaunt-tant1661
purple patch?1704
squirt1872
purple passage1882
1661 H. Dawbeny Sober Disc. Liturgies ix. 49 Not to be satisfied with a flaunt tant of high words.
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n.1661- scare tactic
- scare the daylight out of
- scare the daylights out of
- scare the lights out of
- scare the lights out of a person
- scare the lights out of a thing
- scare the liver and lights out of
- scare the liver and lights out of a person
- scare the liver and lights out of a thing
- scare the living daylight out of
- scare the living daylights out of
- scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of
- scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of a person
- scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of a thing
- scare the pants off
- scare the pants off a person
- scare up
- scare — bells out of
- scare-babe
- scare-bairn
- scare-bear
- scare-beggar
- scare-bug
- scare-bullfinch
- scare-buying