peanut-boaster

Updated: June 18, 2025

I must not omit the peanut-boaster in front of the palace; it was in the figure of an ocean steamer, nearly as large as the Lusitania, and had smoke coming out of the funnel, with rudder and screw complete and doll sailors climbing over the rigging. But it is impossible to speak adequately of the things in that wonderful armory.

William Dean Howells - Familiar Spanish Travels