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Cockalorum N Self Important Man Billy Bloodhound...Preened Gaping Crowd—The

Word cockalorum
Definition n. A self-important little man.
Sentence Billy the Bloodhound...preened himself before the gaping crowd—the little czar, the Pooh-Bah, the high-cockalorum of the Sessions.
Source “The Bloodhound,” Stories to Remember, p.137

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