The Clue
Bluster from de Bergerac (9 letter answer)
The Answer
GASCONADE
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Notes
The answer GASCONADE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
GASCONADE as a noun:
1. (brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade) = an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
GASCONADE as a verb:
1. (boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade) = show off