"Blusterer" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... he had slipped from one self to another, and was the blusterer once more. "Right!" he splurged. "Hover a blink ...
— The House with the Green Shutters • George Douglas Brown
... armed British vessels to leave American waters immediately. Did they do it? No. There was no power back of the order to enforce it. The ridiculous gun-boat fleet was laughed at, and the government was placed in the position of a weak blusterer. British cruisers continued to patrol American waters. The people demanded more war ships. The government heeded the demand. The gun-boats retired, and in 1810 the Americans had four frigates and ...
— Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... Wiegel was a domineering blusterer to his subordinates, but a cringing sycophant to those over him. Stanton's office was not a congenial ...
— Between the Lines - Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After • Henry Bascom Smith
... Blather, bladder. Blaud, a large quantity. Blaud, to slap, pelt. Blaw, blow. Blaw, to brag. Blawing, blowing. Blawn, blown. Bleer, to blear. Bleer't, bleared. Bleeze, blaze. Blellum, a babbler; a railer; a blusterer. Blether, blethers, nonsense. Blether, to talk nonsense. Bletherin', talking nonsense. Blin', blind. Blink, a glance, a moment. Blink, to glance, to shine. Blinkers, spies, oglers. Blinkin, smirking, leering. Blin't, blinded. ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns |
