Examples from literature

• Coxcomb as I was, there was no doubt in my mind that I could win Olivia. 
• He was a simpering coxcomb of the first water, and the "loudest" dressed man in the state. 
• It has been seen that I never was a coxcomb, not even in my youth. 
• No man, unless he be a downright coxcomb, will ever admit to one woman that another woman has loved him. 
• You are right, my dear Bell, and I am a prating coxcomb.