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"ref": "2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56",
"text": "The station (1840) was originally Cheltenham but the more grandiose Cheltenham Spa since 1925, which feels a bit pretentious as the town has never allowed itself to assume such airs and graces.",
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"Behaviour adopted to demonstrate (originally) one's good upbringing; or (now) one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour."
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"(derogatory) Behaviour adopted to demonstrate (originally) one's good upbringing; or (now) one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour."
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"word": "give oneself airs"
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{
"word": "put on airs"
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{
"word": "stand on ceremony"
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"word": "affectations"
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"word": "hoity-toity"
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"word": "huffiness"
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"word": "pretensions"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "behaviour adopted (originally) to demonstrate one’s good upbringing; or (now) one’s superiority",
"word": "hienostelu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "behaviour adopted (originally) to demonstrate one’s good upbringing; or (now) one’s superiority",
"word": "pöyhkeily"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "of a celebrity",
"sense": "behaviour adopted (originally) to demonstrate one’s good upbringing; or (now) one’s superiority",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Starallüren"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "behaviour adopted (originally) to demonstrate one’s good upbringing; or (now) one’s superiority",
"word": "whakaparanga"
}
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"ipa": "/ˌɛɚz‿n̩ ˈɡɹeɪsɪz/",
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"word": "airs and graces"
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"(derogatory) Behaviour adopted to demonstrate (originally) one's good upbringing; or (now) one's superiority; pretentious or snobbish behaviour."
],
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"word": "affectations"
},
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"word": "hoity-toity"
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"word": "pretensions"
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"sense": "behaviour adopted (originally) to demonstrate one’s good upbringing; or (now) one’s superiority",
"word": "hienostelu"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "behaviour adopted (originally) to demonstrate one’s good upbringing; or (now) one’s superiority",
"word": "pöyhkeily"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "of a celebrity",
"sense": "behaviour adopted (originally) to demonstrate one’s good upbringing; or (now) one’s superiority",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
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"word": "Starallüren"
},
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "behaviour adopted (originally) to demonstrate one’s good upbringing; or (now) one’s superiority",
"word": "whakaparanga"
}
],
"word": "airs and graces"
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