Flaunted

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flaunt \Flaunt\ (fl[aum]nt or fl[add]nt; 277), v. i. [imp. & p.
     p. {Flaunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Flaunting}.] [Cf. dial. G.
     flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin to E. flatter,
     flutter.]
     To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously;
     as, a flaunting show.


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           You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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           One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. --Pope.
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