He 'bragged' that his daughter was the best student in her class.
“I don't mean to 'brag',” he said, “but I'm an excellent cook.”
They're always 'bragging about' their son's accomplishments.
(..) no-count white-trash Wilkerson... ...that used to be Mr. Gerald's overseer here. He's a regular Yankee now, and he was makin' a brag... ...that his carpetbagger friends done run the taxes way up sky-high on Tara. But how much more have we got to pay? I hear'd the tax man say $. Three hundred! (..)1939 Gone with the Wind