Read full poem →And for the practice of a forcéd look,
An antic gesture, or a fustian phrase,
Study the native frame of a true heart,
Dictionary Entry
A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. fustianjacket fustianjackets fustiancoat fustianfustian white
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Poetry examples for “fustian”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →But what thou utter'st common sense doth want,--
Half-English words, with fustian terms among,
Much like the burden of a northern song.
Read full poem →And boldly take the trumpet in their hand:
Their fustian muse each accident confounds;
Nor can she fly, but rise by leaps and bounds,