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Spread-Eagle
Webster's Dictionary
(a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Spread-Eagle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/spread-eagle.html. 1828.