poltroonery
- a word derived from poltroon.
Example Sentences
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Coconnas, an Italian, instead of inviting contempt for his poltroonery, inspires aversion for his crimes.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
He was being punished for the crimes of his youth and for the poltroonery that had kept him from turning Jake out of the house.
From The Fighting Edge by Raine, William MacLeod
There was the acid of contempt in her voice at her brother's poltroonery.
From A World Apart by Merwin, Sam
You believed rather the tales you heard of our poltroonery, and impotence of body and mind.
From The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers by Weems, Mason Locke
To have exalted her heroism would be like a confession of his own poltroonery; to have seen any surprising evidence of boldness in her daring might possibly reflect upon her delicacy.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
