poltroonery
Example Sentences
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My prudence appeared to me the merest poltroonery, my remark about 'begging' the most finicking absurdity, my failure to accept Ted's offer the most reckless and offensive stupidity.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
The quiet timid girl, who detested violence and hated crime in any shape, felt disgusted at the thought of his poltroonery, and could not hear his name mentioned without an expression of contempt.
From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever
Then the old soldier, half in despair at this poltroonery, proposed another plan.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
Franz plucked up a spirit; and considering that his shoulders had at all events the score to pay, his poltroonery passed into a species of audacity.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
The nation paid a pension of £600 a year to Mr. Fraser as indemnity for its Government’s poltroonery.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lane-Poole
