poltroonery

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"Poltroonery, I say," he repeated, embracing the whole company in his glance.

From The Tavern Knight by Sabatini, Rafael

Poltroonery is the acknowledging an infirmity to be incurable.—Emerson.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

You believ'd rather the Tales you heard of our Poltroonery and Impotence of Body and Mind.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell