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highfalutin
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Definition:pompous
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French soldiers have to be incited to battle by highfalutin words, and Germans by logical arguments to show them that it is more dangerous to run away than to advance,
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 04 (Book Four)
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"[...] Who told you you might meddle with such hifalut'n foolishness, hey?—who told you you could?"
Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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