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turn coat
verb as in defect
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Turn Coat is the 11th book in what Butcher says will be a 20-plus book series capped by a three-book apocalyptic trilogy.
If he had had the slightest thoroughness in his character, he would have been a great man; as it is, he is only a great turn-coat.
He acknowledged that he had called the parson a turn-coat and a meddling tell-tale, in the presence of these men.
This was a fatal defection for Frederick, which he set about to repair, by laying siege to the turn-coat city.
There were those that called him trimmer and turn-coat and such ill-names, because he was friendly with them that were in power.
Neither he nor his running mate the scalawag or turn-coat Southerner, was received socially.
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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to turn coat, such as: abandon, abscond, depart, desert, pull out, and quit.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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