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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1693
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Swash-buckling, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. swashe-buckeler (1560), 19th c. Eng. swashbuckling (1863); Swash v.] Noisy, arrogant, swaggering. — 1693 Urquhart Rabelais iii xlii 349.
The huff, snuff … swash-buckling High Germans
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