| 单词 | bluffer |
| 例句 | “He is not a bluffer,” one Frenchman declared. Heavens above 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z He'd been a bit of a bluffer at his first musical conservatoire. Jamie Cullum: Dave Brubeck and me 2010-11-23T22:01:00Z Man Lab, which attempts to re-bottle some of his practical skills and intelligence into a kind of bluffer's guide for a generation of feckless men who can't change a fuse, less so. TV highlights 28/03/2013 2013-03-28T07:00:04Z Saltzman seems to have stepped straight out of one of Mordecai Richler's novels about blazingly nervy and alive Canadian-Jewish bluffers and gamblers. The name's Saltzman, Harry Saltzman 2012-09-28T16:00:00Z As Hessel admits, he was not a political animal and his bluffer’s introduction to activities underneath the “massive beauty” of the Reichstag dome underscores the point. Weimar memories: walking Berlin … in a flâneur's footsteps 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z In other words, the authoritative bluffer, the officious fraud, the idiot know-it-all. Stephen Colbert: A Great Talk-Show Host? No, the Greatest! 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Cummings added that he did not want to hire “confident public school bluffers” in the role. Dominic Cummings calls for 'weirdos and misfits' for No 10 jobs 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z But if you haven't watched it before or need a reminder of the plot, look no further - here's a handy bluffer's guide to series one to five. Line of Duty recap: Series one to five 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z A senior Maltese official who worked with Mifsud earlier in his career said he found Mifsud hard to believe, while another Maltese associate described him as a “bluffer”. Explainer: The missing Maltese academic at the heart of Washington intrigue 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Cushioned by family money, he had a bluffer’s attraction to risk. The Perils of Semi-Legal Poker 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “The boor, the bluffer, the bully would be a political colossus,” Gerson writes. Former Bush speechwriter argues Trump has legitimized “fascist modes of thought” in GOP 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The boor, the bluffer, the bully would be a political colossus. Opinion | What does Trump’s ascendance mean about America? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z We tend to forget, too, that Trump is a professional bluffer. Opinion | How can you still doubt Trump’s intelligence? 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Here's a handy bluffer's guide to help them get up to speed. Line of Duty: All you need to know to get up to speed for series four - BBC News 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z From smartphone-using bluffers to PhD students in art history, we all need to put aside our screens and our supposed knowledge when we look at art. Put away the gallery guides – art is best when shrouded in mystery 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z And if all else fails, we are excellent bluffers. Prosopagnosia: How face blindness means I can't recognise my mum - BBC News 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Given the high stakes, a contest between a scheming fake and a dangerous bluffer inspires little confidence and possibly little interest in voting. A nose-holding word to the disaffected: Vote 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump is winning because he is a bluffer — a very good bluffer. Who’s to blame for Donald Trump? 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z If the allegations against him are true, Sarao may rank among the best of this new breed of bluffers. How London man may have helped trigger the 'flash crash' 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z The practical leaves no room for bluffers, no hiding place for nerves. The art of falling off a racehorse 2014-04-04T11:12:09Z Yet, Western intelligence tends to belittle them as a bunch of bluffers. Obama's Dangerous Nuclear Dance 2013-04-07T08:45:00Z The jovial Campers became ever bluffer and heartier and fonder of them as song followed song. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Shucks; Elmer could give that big bluffer all the handicap going, and then beat him out. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z He's a bluffer for all he is worth, But he's winded and done to the core, So the last lap is here, with the tape very near, And the old colours well to the fore. The Guards Came Through and Other Poems 2011-11-22T03:00:11.683Z Captain Cathie, in one of his bluffer moments, bluntly suggested wholesale marriage as a preventive of irregularities, and the starting of a new race on that basis, instancing the Pitcairners as typical resultants. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z The man that plays his hand in draw will beat the bluffer every time in year-in-and-year-out play. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z His manner with men was easy, and he was known down town as a good bluffer; but he stood not a little in awe of his daughter. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Still he was a good “bluffer” and he made many a batter think that he was getting a very swift ball. Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside 2011-08-14T02:00:21.583Z Always sympathetic and encouraging, he could detect the bluffer and discourage one who tried to get through his lessons without adequate preparation. Charles Edward Putney An Appreciation 2011-07-18T02:00:24.397Z I have only come to see what a bluffer you are. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z Now I had always sized up the Colonel for a bluffer. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z A bluffer, he has a sneaking respect for anyone who throws a bluff and gets away with it. My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life 2011-01-03T03:01:07.697Z "Even a Spanish bluffer has his uses," observed Gage. A Poached Peerage "You are a bluffer," said Wade, "and a coward." The Nightrider's Feud About as well as the monkey and the parrot did," answered Shorty, and he described the interview, ending with: "I never saw a man who was achin' for a good lickin' like that old bluffer. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys “I rather think that Dunlavey is something of a bluffer–that folks in this country have allowed him to have his own way too much.” The Coming of the Law He looks to me a lot like a bluffer.” Gold Success lies principally in understanding that the whole game is a bluff on the world’s part, and that the biggest bluffer in the ring takes down the purse. Claim Number One This was a new current of thought––a sudden 232 inspiration––but this peer of bluffers managed to crowd a volume of accusation in the slow emphasis with which he said it. Officer 666 I––I didn’t think you was a bluffer like––like other men.” The Spoilers of the Valley "I was going to leave it for five hundred, you old white-skinned bluffer with your goose-grease, strong arm," she finally blurted out, and in a twinkling of her bright eyes her good-nature had returned. Blue-grass and Broadway I think these men were bluffer and blunter than you are. Blake's Burden No sense in argy'in' with a gun an' a boozy bluffer at the other end of it. Rimrock Trail "That boy is just as much of a bluffer as ever," exclaimed Kit. The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure It was in the bluffer’s game that he always succeeded best. Winning the Wilderness All of these bear are bold and genuine bluffers. they never snoop. they depend upon their size and name to carry them through. seldom do hunters kill them untill they have emptied tha last load. Black Beaver The Trapper "Josh isn't much of a bluffer," observed Don judiciously. Left Guard Gilbert By his ingenious little scheme of circulating his own money, strictly in his own domestic circle, he had elected himself to the bluffer class, and he felt strangely light-hearted. Skinner's Dress Suit "One last bluff of a bluffer, as Hilda would say," she muttered. Young Hilda at the Wars You cattlemen think you own this country, but when it comes to the show down, you're a bunch of bluffers. Hidden Gold The hulls of Cabot, Columbus, and Cartier were broader in the beam, much bluffer in the bow, besides being full of top-hamper on the deck. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways I have only showed you that all the good bluffers are not confined to Wall Street. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 I only used her as a bluffer, and she has often responded to my wants successfully. Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi I'm a pretty good bluffer myself, but I couldn't fool that man. The Second Chance Ah, didn't I tell you that the Americans are bluffers, like their game of poker? Kid Wolf of Texas "If he does, he's a bluffer," Deacon cut back. A Son Of The Sun When the Dutch build vessels of a larger size than this, they do so on very similar lines to English merchantmen, though usually somewhat broader and bluffer. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships Old Francisco is there too, bluffer and bolder than ever, and so is Paulina, with a beautiful dark-haired girl, who is the very image of the tall handsome man engaged in conversation with Francisco. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale Now let's see if our friend is really a bluffer or a fighter. Around the World in Ten Days The other—the half of her I should say—showed a much bluffer bow, and had been a vessel of some burthen. The Honour of the Flag Even dogs are terrified at such camouflage and leave the successful bluffer alone. The Human Side of Animals I was only trying to keep up to my reputation and name as a bluffer. The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery On the other hand an ordinary bluffer would have blundered by overdoing the high hand. The Lion of Petra The German is an unprincipled liar and an unmitigated bluffer, in which art, if such it may be called, he has become a super-master. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben She dances for the bar room buffers now; she'll dance later, like you and me, Bat, for bigger bluffers. The Freebooters of the Wilderness One smooth stone, the first out of the sling, crunched through that big bluffer's head like a baseball through a stained glass window, and the Philistine fell on his face. "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues "You are a great bluffer, but I admit that I like the sound of it," was King's parting speech as he watched Burns depart. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular To bluff a bluffer was to smite with the steel of justice. A Daughter of the Snows The folded arms and expanded chest of the bluffer mean no more than the high-arched back of a cat. Certain Success This seemed going rather far, he thought—but of course she didn't really mean it; the schoolma'am, he heartened himself with thinking, was an awful, little bluffer. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories I think those men were bluffer and blunter than you are. The Intriguers But even so—give me the bluffers, like Red Pepper—and like Mrs. Red. Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular The boy was either a man out of a thousand or he was a first-class bluffer. A Man Four-Square Stroke the human bluffer tactfully with persuasion, and he will not act pugnacious for long. Certain Success She was a long boat, painted white; very low in the sheer, and curved at stem and stern like a Norwegian; her stem rounded off without a transom, and scarcely bluffer than her bows. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts It takes a bigger bluffer than you to make me put an insult on Christendom. The Penalty I know how to handle your kind, you big bluffer. The Case and the Girl From first to last," Ned said, "from my first connection with this case up to this hour, I have come upon only bluffers and liars. Boy Scouts on Motorcycles With the Flying Squadron If you have planned exactly how you will show your strength, you will make the impression when you manifest it actually that you are strong in fact, and not just a bluffer. Certain Success You are something of a bluffer yourself, David. The Grafters "You — — — bluffer!" shouted a voice, "don't you think you can run any such ranikaboo here!" Arizona Nights The fellow was a greater bluffer than the rest. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution "Some of those Chicago bluffers," he finally decided. The Cost He was a ``bluffer'' among boys; when met valiantly showed always great cowardice. Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology He was one of the grand old bluffers of those good old days. The Song of the Lark Burroughs brought his fist down on the table—and Norman recognized the gesture of the bluffer. The Grain of Dust The Vermejo cow-man would have to come in heavy on the betting or be placed in the role of a bluffer. The Ramblin' Kid "Isn't she the jolly best bluffer you ever heard?" one of the men remarked to another. The Black Creek Stopping-House The directors of the company were not bluffers; they were made of different stuff. The Spirit of 1906 The Germans are the greatest bluffers and the quickest quitters in the world. Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs Why, people would be right in thinking him a sham, a mere bluffer at the high and strong qualities he was reputed to have. The Grain of Dust I have long since learned that the only way to meet a bluffer is with a bluff. Tales of the Road You will perceive that Copperhead Camp was no place for a coward or a bluffer or a bully. West Wind Drift Now Mr. Blacksnake is a great bluffer, while at heart he is really a coward. The Adventures of Johnny Chuck All of us who play are bluffers, more or less, and we are ever so polite in pretending not to know the others are bluffing…. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man They knew every verse of the old bluffer by heart—not consecutively, but picking 'em out here and there as you fork the mushrooms in a fifty-cent steak à la Bordelaise. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million "You can handle some men like that," said a hat man friend who sat with us, but I struck one old bluffer out in South Dakota once that wouldn't stand for any smoothing over. Tales of the Road "Oh, get out, you big bluffer!" cries a thin-faced man, pressing close upon the judges. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail "If I hadn't seen you once bluff three bluffers from Mazatzal City with an empty gun in Phoenix—" Greenbrier's voice died away in pure grief. Strictly business: more stories of the four million "So long as a bluffer is warm about it," said the shoe man, "it's all right; but I do hate to go up against one of those cold bloods, even if he isn't a bluffer." Tales of the Road |
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