gascon|gascons in English
noun
boaster; swaggering person; braggart
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1. Synonyms for Cockalorums include braggadocios, boasters, brags, braggarts, swaggerers, blowhards, braggers, gasconaders, gascons and crackers
2. The Basques and the Gascons Annihilated them, and among the fallen was the Frankish commander Roland
3. Pilat originates from the Gascon word Pilhar, which refers to a heap or mound.
4. The hardness of the fur enables the Gascon to tolerate cold weather better than other cows.
5. Synonyms for Cockalorum include braggadocio, boaster, brag, braggart, swaggerer, blowhard, bragger, gasconader, gascon and cracker
6. Synonyms for Blowhards include boasters, braggarts, gascons, blowers, brags, braggadocios, braggers, cockalorums, crackers and gasconaders
7. Synonyms for Blusterer include boaster, braggadocio, braggart, brag, swaggerer, bragger, blowhard, cockalorum, gasconader and gascon
8. The Gascon pigs from which the ham is made live in paddocks from the age of six months.
9. After the French Revolution, it was used to revitalise the old Saintongeois, creating the Gascon Saintongeois, and the Bluetick Coonhound is considered a direct descendant of the Grand Bleu.
10. From the 15th century the light infantry and cavalry of theBasques and Gascons in Spain were called Carabineers; the termwas also used in France from the 16th century
11. From the 15th century the light infantry and cavalry of theBasques and Gascons in Spain were called Carabineers; the termwas also used in France from the 16th century
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13. Cognac is the world's most famous brandy, better known even than its older Gascon cousin Armagnac.It comes from the Charentais, a large area of western France situated immediately north of Bordeaux, and takes its name from the historic town of Cognac – the long-standing epicenter of local brandy production.
14. Armagnac is one of France’s oldest spirits, in fact it was in production over 150 years before Cognac and whilst Cognac’s popularity rather over-shadows its Gascon cousin, Armagnac is one of the world’s most stunning drinks - it’s an elegant, if slightly rustic, eau-de-vie
15. ‘Those three Anglophone thinkers each tried to provide a theory, right or wrong, to engage and elucidate some kinds of facts about human communication.’ ‘The Gascon-Thomas Award, now in its 10th year, is always given to one francophone and one Anglophone artist in recognition of a significant contribution to Canadian theatre.’
16. The county of Armagnac (US: / ˌ ɑːr m ən ˈ j æ k, ˌ ɑːr m ɑː n ˈ j ɑː k /, French: ; Gascon: Armanhac), situated between the Adour and Garonne rivers in the lower foothills of the Pyrenées, is a historic county of the Duchy of Gascony, established in 601 in Aquitaine (now France)
17. The historian Auguste Jal discovered the baptism of the (then) supposed Gascon in the 1860s: Finally, after long exertion, I knew that Abel Cyrano had left the neighbourhood of Saint-Eustache for that of Saint-Sauveur, and that Espérance Bellanger had given birth in this new dwelling to a boy whose baptismal record is as follows: "The sixth of March one thousand six hundred and nineteen, Savinien, son of Abel de Cyrano, squire, Lord of Mauvières, and of the lady Espérance Bellenger (sic), the godfather, nobleman Antoine Fanny, King's Counsellor and Auditor in his Court of Finances, of this parish, the godmother the lady Marie Fédeau (sic), wife of nobleman Master Louis Perrot, Counsellor and Secretary to the King, Household and Crown of France, of the parish of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois".