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airs

/ɛəɹz/ nom C1
  1. Affected manners intended to impress others. · She put on airs, pretending to be more sophisticated than she was.· He walked into the room with an air of confidence, though it seemed like just airs.
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I might have rebelled against these exasperating solos had it not been that he usually terminated them by playing in quick succession a whole series of my favourite airs as a slight compensation for the trial upon my patience.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 15 · B2
Finally, Charlie Sloane fought Moody Spurgeon MacPherson, because Moody Spurgeon had said that Anne Shirley put on airs about her recitations, and Moody Spurgeon was “licked”; consequently Moody Spurgeon’s sister, Ella May, would not “speak” to Anne Shirley all the rest of the winter.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 201 · C1
I just wish Julia Bell could see this--she puts on such airs about her mother’s parlor.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 236 · C1
Josie just scraped through with three marks to spare, but you’ll see she’ll put on as many airs as if she’d led.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 273 · C1

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