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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He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;
There was a long silence after this, and Alice could only hear whispers now and then; such as, “Sure, I don’t like it, yer honour, at all, at all!” “Do as I tell you, you coward!” and at last she spread out her hand again, and made another snatch in the air.
“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.
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