Swaggered

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

  Swagger \Swag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swaggered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Swaggering}.] [Freq. of swag.]
     1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a
        pompous, consequential manner.
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              A man who swaggers about London clubs.
                                                    --Beaconsfield.
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     2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or
        vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
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              What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar!
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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              To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen.
                                                    --Colier.
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