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Synonyms of cockalorum
1
boastful speech or writing
- a boxer who was as famous for his prefight cockalorum as for his knockouts in the ring
Synonyms for cockalorum
- bluster,
- bombast,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- bull
- [slang],
- fanfaronade,
- gas,
- gasconade,
- grandiloquence,
- hot air,
- magniloquence,
- rant,
- rodomontade
- (also rhodomontade)
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2
someone who boasts
- Muhammad Ali's reputation as boxing's most colorful cockalorum
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“Cockalorum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockalorum. Accessed 18 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of cockalorum was circa 1798
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