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What are 'fanfarroons'?
I assume it'sn alternate spelling of fanfaron (link): "A bully; a hector; a swaggerer; an empty boaster". From Fr < Sp fanfarron cf. It fanfano and OSp. fanfa 'swaggering, boasting' and Ar farfār 'talkative'. I've seen quotes from Dryden and Walter Scott.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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