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Grand Battery: A Guide and Rules for Napoleonic Wargames
Commander Quality Table Officer to be given a: D10 Roll Corps Divisional
Nationality command command British, French 0 -2 Poltroon Poltroon 3 -4
Cautious Poltroon 5 -6 Able Cautious 7-8 Able Able 9 Able Gifted Russian,
Prussian, 0-2 ...
Jonathan Sutherland, Diane Canwell, 2011
“Let us part as acquaintances rather than as friends at the moment,” said Lord
Poltroon. “Without appointment it would be inappropriate for you to enter Poltroon
Castle, especially to-day.” Oh yes? I thought smiling to myself. For my cloud had
at ...
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A Small Nation's Contribution to the World: Essays on ...
Donal's claims in this passage are aesthetic as much as moral; he is a self-
proclaiming 'poet' in addition to being a 'poltroon'. In making such claims, Donal
underlines the artfulness of his language, far better demonstrated in this prose
routine ...
Donald E. Morse, Csilla Bertha, István Pálffy, 1993
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A new and enlarged military dictionary: in French and ...
POLTRON, Fr. See Poltroon. Poltbon de tele, Fr. The French use this phrase to
signify a person, who, though physically brave, is politically timid, and indecisive.
Poltroh de caur, Fr. a bully ; a man of words, but not of deeds. POLTRON ISER, Fr
.
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
O.It. poltrone, the augmentative of poltro "colt"; i.e., a poltroon is a "big baby."
Young colts are timid and distrustful, and the metaphor skittish as a young colt fits
them perfectly. A human poltroon is not only cowardly but lazy and spiritless as
well ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
cried Lanky, who being wholly ignorant of the meaning of the word poltroon,
naturally considered it something infinitely worse than wretch and villain. c. Yes,
a poltroon ! " continued the Captain, " and I will wager a hundred pounds that
your ...
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USA TODAY Logic 2: 200 Puzzles from The Nations No. 1 Newspaper
His employer was not Sir Spyneless (clue 2), nor can he have been Sir Timid (
clue 1), or Sir Poltroon, who stood in as a groom (clue 4), and we know he was
not Sir Coward, so he must have been Sir Sorely. Therefore, from clue 7, Leon
was ...
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A new and enlarged military dictionary, or, Alphabetical ...
POLTROON, {Poltron, Fr.) a eoward, a dastard, who has no courage to perform
any thing noble. The etymology of poltron or poltroon, as it is usually pronounced,
is curious. Both in ancient and modem times frequent instances have occurred of
...
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How to Sound Really Clever: 600 Words You Need to Know
poltroon (noun) I a total coward (pronounced 'poI—troon') from the Medieval
French, poultron: a coward, ultimately from the Italian, poltrone: coward, idler;
from poltro: bed e.g. Hit-and-run drivers are the worst kind of poltroon Pooh-bah (
noun) ...
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Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist
You are a poltroon,” said the first stranger. “ And a scoundrel,” added his friend. “
A poltroon and a scoundrel,”, confirmed Butcherly, adding the weight of his
authority. “ Poltroon—scoundrel,” repeated Brown; “ why, Mr. Butcherly, you don't
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Just How Good Is 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
The socially awakened Jem doesn't let his father get away with such poltroon babble: “Don't call that a blind spot,” he says. “He'da killed you ... «The New Republic, 7월 15»
Review: Hudson Village Theatre casts The Glass Menagerie in a …
With his floppy emo forelock and gangly physicality, he plays the character as though he's in on the joke that he's a vainglorious poltroon, and is ... «Montreal Gazette, 7월 15»
Trump: He Has the Right Foes
Sam Houston would horsewhip Donald Trump as a cad and poltroon, but Sam Houston is not around to do the job. Donald Trump will not win ... «Patheos, 7월 15»
Greg Kesich: Politics welcome at city diner, but leave mean streak …
President Andrew Jackson once shot and killed a man who called him a “poltroon” to his face. Gov. LePage probably gets far worse in his ... «Press Herald, 7월 15»
Stage - Irresistible comparisons: the shadow of O'Casey...
But while Davoren is a "poet poltroon" - a coward - O'Halloran is an accomplished writer and performer, switching from one side of the curtain to ... «Irish Independent, 7월 15»
MCALEER: Bad drivers could use a Lotus lesson
You're driving down the street at a reasonable clip when some poltroon dives in front of you like a deranged wildebeest, and then stampedes ... «North Shore News, 7월 15»
Mark O'Halloran says Shadow of a Gunman character is an echo of …
Set in a Dublin tenement building during the War of Independence, the play centres on Donal Davoren, a soapy poet and craven “poltroon” ... «Irish Examiner, 7월 15»
An Irishman's Diary on new light on Sean O'Casey's 'The Shadow of …
Family legend has it that Rose was indignant that the portrayal of poet-poltroon Donal Davoren, the “shadow” of the play, was a slur on the ... «Irish Times, 6월 15»
Putting Sepp Blatter on a platter would be a convenient move
... although since annexing sovereign territory wasn't enough to check Putin, bringing the posturing poltroon to account over how he treats his ... «Irish Times, 6월 15»
Ukip's Patrick O'Flynn was 'unfair and unkind' – and very unwise
Has the People's Poltroon gone on holiday yet? Gaffes from Kipper Central seem a bit thin on the ground at the moment. Reply | Pick. Report. «The Guardian, 5월 15»
