bombard phrase

alternative bombard-phrase

1. obsoleteuncountablebombastic language

   . . . Their bombard-phrase, and foot and half-foot words . . .

   1857, Ben Jonson (author), William Gifford (editor), "Translations from the Latin Poets" in The Works of Ben Jonson, p. 853 (Google preview)

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   To the inveterate Hugolater it is probable that his estimate of the author of Les Miserables as a dramatist will seem inadequate; but it is noteworthy that the poverty of Hugo's personages as actual characters, despite their "bombard phrase," receives striking confirmation from one of the greatest of modern French actors.

   1881 Nov. 12, "Notes on Books: French Dramatists of the Nineteenth Century" in Notes and Queries, series 6, vol. 4, p. 400 (Google preview)