trading floor, swagger, gait, obstinate, conceited, too big for one's boots. But by the middle of the 19th century, British swagger had developed a hitch.

But by the middle of the 19th century, British swagger had developed a hitch. The empire’s troops were dying in the Crimea (yes, the same Crimea seized by Vladimir Putin), supposedly to keep Russia from expanding its competing empire, and rebellious Indian soldiers tried to pull off a Brexit of their own. To counter the national angst, Victoria posed reassuringly for John Mayall’s camera, “as the image of the motherly Queen first imprinted itself on the mind of the British public.”

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By AZAM AHMED

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Certainly the huge, nearly naked wrestlers had little to hide. But even in their diaper-like loincloths, they maintained a dignified swagger. And while the crowd erupted in spontaneous shouts and demonstrations, the competition was carefully choreographed, full of rituals and pageantry. Nobody argued with the referee, not even the loud fan in the back who had brought an ample supply of beer. As for the apparently no-holds-barred wrestling — a flurry of pushing and grappling, like a skirmish between the schoolyard’s two biggest bullies — it was preceded and concluded by courtly bowing.

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Open outcry is the name of a method of communication between professionals on a stock exchange or futures exchange which involves shouting and the use of hand signals to transfer information primarily about buy and sell orders.^[2] The part of the trading floor where this takes place is called a pit.

swagger
v., -gered, -ger·ing, -gers. v.intr.

1. To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air; strut.
2. To brag; boast.

v.tr.
To browbeat or bully (someone).

n.

1. A swaggering movement or gait.
2. Boastful or conceited expression; braggadocio.

[Probably frequentative of SWAG.]

swaggerer swag'ger·er n.
swaggeringly swag'ger·ing·ly adv.



obstinate

• [ɑ'bstənət | ɔ'b-]

[形]

1 がんこな, いこじな, 譲らない. ⇒STUBBORN[類語]

Don't be obstinate.
そう我をはるな.

2 〈抵抗などが〉執拗(しつよう)な, がん強な, ねばり強い

with an obstinate toss of one's head
かたくなに首をふって.

3 ((限定))〈病気・習癖などが〉執拗な, 難治の
an obstinate headache

gait[gait]

• 発音記号[géit]

[名]

1 ((文))((通例a 〜))歩きぶり, 足取り

a rapid gait
速い足取り

match one's gait to ...
…に歩調を合わせる.

2 馬［犬］の足並み(pace).

3 生産率

the gait of 300 automobiles a week
週300台の自動車生産率.

━━[動](他)〈馬に〉特定の足並みを仕込む.

conceited

Pronunciation: /kənˈsiːtɪd/

Definition of conceited

adjective

• excessively proud of oneself; vain:Fred’s so conceited he’d never believe anyone would refuse him

Derivatives

conceitedly

adverb

conceitedness

noun

too big for one's boots (or dated breeches)

informal conceited.