I have heard that this pomposo, this braggart, is a Yankee trick too; that he has the front of a lion, the liver of the chicken.1876, Bret Harte, The Poetical Works, Including the Drama of "The Two Men of Sandy Bar", page 414:
After all, it isn't amusing for the grand seigneurs, the pomposos, of the art-dealing world to have their opinions first questioned and then disproved again and again by someone so much younger and, according to their standards, so much less equipped.1912, Grant Richards, Caviare, page 186:
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The book's sheer joy lies in her hour-by-hour outwitting the young pomposo, resulting in a frustrated entry in his journal on Sunday morning.1992, William F. Buckley, Windfall, The End of the Affair: