proud : Idioms & Phrases
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house-proud
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adjective satellite proud of your house or its furnishings or upkeep
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place-proud
Place"-proud` adjective
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Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl.
Webster 1913
Proud flesh
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noun the swollen tissue around a healing wound or ulcer
WordNet
(Med.) , a fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
Webster 1913
proud of
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adjective satellite feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth
pleased.
- proud of their child
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purse-proud
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adjective satellite proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction)
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Purse"-proud` adjective
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Affected with purse pride; puffed up with the possession of riches.
Webster 1913
tarquin the proud
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noun according to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC)
Tarquinius; Tarquinius Superbus; Tarquin; Lucius Tarquinius Superbus.
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top-proud
Top"-proud` adjective
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Proud to the highest degree. R. "This top-proud fellow." Shak.
Webster 1913
winter-proud
Win"ter-proud` adjective
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Having too rank or forward a growth for winter. When either corn is winter-proud, or other plants put forth and bud too early. Holland.
