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n. a good position for observation, judgment, criticism, action, etc.
Usage examples of "coign of vantage".
We had come to this coign of vantage, such as it was, very early this morning, even at the second Ahn.
Thus he could see Hanuman's Eddas from a coign of vantage which was wholly new.
It was not only a spectacular but also a marvelous coign of vantage.
The audience, of course, generally has the same preferred coign of vantage as the lucky servant or the Wily Peasant.
The camp commander, he in charge of the Cosian forces at Ar's Station, had resumed his coign of vantage.
As he started down the steps, light from the doorway spilling around him, his eyes were already systematically checking the darkness ahead for hostile presenceseach corner, each yawning areaway, each shadowy rooftop, each coign of vantage.
Indians and French, and British, and Americans have fought for that coign of vantage.
The day before they were scheduled to leave, Johann and Maria toured their island one final time, staring out at the lake from every coign of vantage and attempting to discover some kind of landmark that they might have missed previously.
The explosion and its consequences did not look at all impressive from the Lensman's coign of vantage.
From this coign of vantage she could see the entire pattern very well.