One who boasts without reason, or, as the canters say, pisses more than he drinks.
·noun Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. II. Glorious ·noun Eager for glory or distinction; ha...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·superl Showy; ostentatious. II. Vain ·noun Vanity; emptiness; — now used only in the phrase in va...
·adj Springing from vainglory or vanity; vain; boastful. ...
1) West out of Old Fish Street Hill, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 1848-50). Removed for ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The southern portion of Old Fish Street Hill was so called (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799). Lockie, 181...
See Labour in Vain Court1, Old Fish Street Hill. ...
West out of Labour-in-Vain Hill and south to Thames Street, in Queenhithe Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle...