3 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POULTROONE»
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poultroone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
poultroone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Chambers Dictionary
[L pultes, pi of puls, pultis (Gr polios) porridge] poultroone. See poltroon. poultry
pdl'iri, n domestic or farmyard fowls collectively; the meat of such fowls. — poult ry
-farm and poultry yard a farm or yard where poultry are bred or confined.
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The Works of Shakespeare: The second part of King Henry VI ; ...
58. Pitiful, merciful; III. ii. 32. Place; "in p.," present; IV. i. 103. Planeili; “ him p.," it
pleases him; II. vi. 105. Plea-sure, give pleasure (Folios z, 3, 4, “pleare " ; Collier
MS., “pleare you t00"); ilI. il. 22. Poltroom, cowards (Folios, “ Poultroone: ”); I. i. 62.
William Shakespeare, 1900
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The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition
... deserter, poltroon, recreant, renegade, villagio, villiaco, villiago, weakling 10
faintheart, poultroone, Scaramouch, scaredycat 11 Scaramouche, yellowbelly
cowardice 08 timidity 11 fearfulness 12 cowardliness, timorousness 13
pusillanimity, ...
