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¹ = pimp, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], thug, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, show-off, showboat, hot dog, ruffian, hoodlum, supercilious.

Ex. The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.

Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.

Ex. Poole was a notorious gang leader & street thug, murdered by enemies of similar background.

Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and 'snobbish'.

Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.

Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.

Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.

Ex. Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.

Ex. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.

Ex. The coroner said she had died not from drowning, but from being abused and murdered by a gang of ruffians.

Ex. Gangs of hoodlums, aged as young as eight, are roaming the streets terrorising store owners and shoppers in broad daylight.

Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.