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Bobance means (archaic) Boasting..
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/ˈbɒbəns/ · noun
(archaic) Boasting..
Than thou behelde the synners and the good men; and whan thou saw the synners overcom, thou enclyned to that party for bobbaunce and pryde of the worlde [...].
ye recke not for honesty, no nor for your own law, nor for deeds of mercy and charity, but in folly, and in Bobance
"We've had enough bobance and boasting" said Hordle John, rising and throwing off his doublet.
she distributed her own clothing amongst the poor, thus demonstrating that the pomp and bobance of the world should be eschewed, and she conformed her unto the Virgin Mary'
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Bobance means (archaic) Boasting..
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Than thou behelde the synners and the good men; and whan thou saw the synners overcom, thou enclyned to that party for bobbaunce and pryde of the worlde [...].
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