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Obsolete Epithet?
When was the last time you heard someone condemned as a mountebank?
August 20, 2004 | Permalink
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just now: you are a mountbank.
Posted by: jimmy at Aug 24, 2004 10:35:23 AM
About the last time I heard someone described as a popinjay, I should think.
Posted by: Steve Kingston at Sep 2, 2004 11:55:11 AM
Good one, Steve.
One could have fun for hours dredging up antiquated terms - mining them from 19th century (or earlier) English authors.
As a synonym to yours, how about "coxcomb"?
A term of derision I'd like to see make a comeback is: "jackanapes." Maybe in the presidential debates?!
Posted by: Paul Craddick at Sep 2, 2004 6:26:14 PM