• line pole, line post, peg, pole, spar, stake
• to attitudinize, to give oneself airs, to pose, to posture, to put on airs, to put on dog, to put on frills, to put on side, to strike an attitude
• priggish, self-conscious
• pose, posturing, self-consciousness
• there is no pretence about him
• telegraph-pole, telegraph-post