What does put on airs mean?

put on airs

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

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"Even Timothy, the jointed wooden lion, who was made by the disabled soldiers, and should have had broader views, put on airs and pretended he was connected with Government."
""Now what if I talked white-folks’ talk at church, and with my neighbors? They’d think I was puttin‘ on airs to beat Moses.""

puts on airs (present, singular) putting on airs (participle, present)

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