poltroon
suomi-englanti sanakirjapoltroon englannista suomeksi
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pelkuri
Substantiivi
poltroon englanniksi
An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-3)
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(RQ:Thackeray Pendennis)
(quote-book)|title=(w)|publisher=Ballantine Books|location=New York|year_published=1963|page=178|passage=“He was worse than a pig,” he cried. “He was a poltroon and a coward. To save himself from the righteous wrath of the husband of a woman he had wronged, he perjured his soul in an attempt to place the blame entirely upon her.”
2018 Jared, "Tech Evangelist", ''Silicon Valley'' episode 42, 5 minutes
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