Brewer's: Falutin

(High). Oratorical bombast; affected pomposity; “ Ercles vein.” (See Hifaluten.)

None of your high falutin airs with me.
None of your swell ways with me. (Dutch, verlooten.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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