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  • n  pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  • n  a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap

  • And they spoke the King's English: King James', with an assist from any screenwriter willing to gussy up his fustian.
  • They are full of the fustian of Romanticism, but one must remember that it was a fustian that he himself had largely created through his own writings, years before.
  • Amid calls for radical reform of Britain's fustian political system, the next Parliament is already guaranteed to have a fresh face, with droves of MPs vowing not to run at the .

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