three-sheet

Definitions

To exaggerate, hype up, or show off.

Examples

“Now I don't think⟳ a man ought to be a spendthrift in order⟳ to be a good fellow, but a ball player getting four thousand a year shouldn't three-sheet himself every time he lets go of a quarter.”

“The Ballet Theatre surprised everybody. This top-heavy art trust⟳, three-sheeted as “the greatest collaboration in ballet history,” functioned prodigiously through a long three weeks' sprint.”

“The leading man often wore a blond wig in some parts, and his entrance through the center door was a studied art, surpassed only by his "three-sheeting" ability in front of the post⟳ office at mail time.”

“[…] where he could afford⟳ the best seats in the theater, and where the stories thrilled him to the core, and the sentiments of the characters could be understood and approved by every true-born Englishman, where the actors tore their lungs and three-sheeted their passions for his exclusive benefit.”

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