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Definition of Bluffers
1. bluffer [n] - See also: bluffer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluffers
Literary usage of Bluffers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"That's where yew shore see some bluffers, pard. ... bluffers! Why, man, you ain't
seen a real bluffer yet if you ain't made the acquaintance of Sheriff ..."
2. The Fall of Tsardom by Carl Joubert (1905)
"Now Tsardom has hitherto belonged to the former class of " bluffers." It has
maintained itself for centuries by nothing more or less than "bluff," so that ..."
3. Toronto by Jennifer McMorran, Alain Rondeau (2002)
"Four spectacular parks provide access to those fabled grey cliffs known as the
Bluffs: bluffers West Park. Scarborough Bluffs Park, bluffers Park and ..."
4. The Journey of Self-Discovery by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1990)
"... if we take shelter of the bluffers, then we will not learn vedanta. People do
not know anything, so they can be bluffed and cheated by anyone. ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"bluffers, not the blinders for horses, which are usually called mobs, but more
properly what is placed over a horse's eyes to prevent him from straying when ..."
6. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1908)
"Dick was the prince of bluffers, but Miss Wilson had made it perfectly clear to
the class that, as the boys expressed it, she could usually call his bluff. ..."
7. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"That's where yew shore see some bluffers, pard. ... bluffers! Why, man, you ain't
seen a real bluffer yet if you ain't made the acquaintance of Sheriff ..."
8. The Fall of Tsardom by Carl Joubert (1905)
"Now Tsardom has hitherto belonged to the former class of " bluffers." It has
maintained itself for centuries by nothing more or less than "bluff," so that ..."
9. Toronto by Jennifer McMorran, Alain Rondeau (2002)
"Four spectacular parks provide access to those fabled grey cliffs known as the
Bluffs: bluffers West Park. Scarborough Bluffs Park, bluffers Park and ..."
10. The Journey of Self-Discovery by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1990)
"... if we take shelter of the bluffers, then we will not learn vedanta. People do
not know anything, so they can be bluffed and cheated by anyone. ..."
11. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"bluffers, not the blinders for horses, which are usually called mobs, but more
properly what is placed over a horse's eyes to prevent him from straying when ..."
12. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1908)
"Dick was the prince of bluffers, but Miss Wilson had made it perfectly clear to
the class that, as the boys expressed it, she could usually call his bluff. ..."
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