coward
/ˈkaʊɚd/ adjective C2- Cowardly. · c. 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act II, Scene 4, He rais’d the house with loud and coward cries.
- Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs.
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“You are nothing but a big coward.”
No one would think of biting such a little thing, except a coward like me,” continued the Lion sadly.
“What makes you a coward?” asked Dorothy, looking at the great beast in wonder, for he was as big as a small horse.
If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had ever tried to fight me, I should have run myself—I’m such a coward; but just as soon as they hear me roar they all try to get away from me, and of course I let them go.”
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