What is "braggings"

Usage examples of "braggings".

Oh men, oh trousers, what they cover, what they hide, the tanned rump, the bush torched off behind the black bikesheds, the braggings and debaggings, the billion bullybags .

He delighted in the Falstaffian braggings of Major Hoople, and occasionally spoke in what he imagined was the Major's voice.

The red lips under the close-clipped black mustache curled down and there was a glint of amused contempt in his black eyes—contempt, as if he lis­tened to the braggings of children.

That talk might be nothing but insults and braggings, but it was communication nonetheless.