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gas·con·ade (gas′kə nād′)

noun

boastful or blustering talk

Etymology: Fr gasconnade: see Gascon & -ade

intransitive verb gasconaded -·ad′ed, gasconading -·ad′·ing

to boast or bluster

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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