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poltroon

noun as in chicken

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Elon is a cretin, a poltroon and has the fragile ego of Donald Trump.

From Salon

What a miserable little poltroon had fear, engendered of unjust punishment, made of me in those days!

“Doesn’t involve destruction? That’s like me asking you not to be a mealy-mouthed poltroon.”

“Do you think I’m a poltroon?” he asked, the way a young girl might ask whether her dress was unflattering.

“I think it’s a kind of mushroom,” said Lazlo, who knew very well what poltroon meant.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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