hifalutin
or hi·fa·lu·tin'
variants of highfalutin.
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How to use hifalutin in a sentence
Perez here, he's got such hifalutin' notions, that nothin' less than a circus bill 'll do him.
Cap'n Eri | Joseph Crosby LincolnNo, not fer a considerbul spell lessen we has one grand, hifalutin' tornader.
Peggy Stewart at School | Gabrielle E. JacksonThe stuffed buckram of Johnsonese had been succeeded by the mincing hifalutin of Mrs. Anne Radcliffe and her like.
Washington Irving | Henry W. BoyntonI fed and bedded your hifalutin' chickens though I'm sort of uneasy around that one high-steppin' rooster.
The Black Fawn | James Arthur KjelgaardMather, in his "Magnalia," indulges in a strain of eulogy toward this gentleman that we should now call hifalutin.
Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast | Samuel Adams Drake
British Dictionary definitions for hifalutin
/ (ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn) /
a variant spelling of highfalutin
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