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coigns of vantage

coigns of vantage is the plural of coign of vantage.

Meaning of coign of vantage

Noun

coign of vantage (plural coigns of vantage)

  1. a good position for observation, judgment, criticism, action, etc.
    • ...it seemed as if the traders had occupied with nests, bearing the same proportion to the building, every buttress and coign of vantage, as the martlet in Macbeth’s Castle.1818, Walter Scott, The Heart of Midlothian, page 70

Questions about coigns of vantage

What is coigns of vantage the plural of?
Coigns of vantage is the plural of coign of vantage.

Words near coigns of vantage in the dictionary

  1. coignes
  2. coignes of vantage
  3. coignimbrite
  4. coigning
  5. coigns
  6. coigns of vantage
  7. coigue
  8. coigues
  9. coihue
  10. coihues
  11. coil

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