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How to pronounce poltroon in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms craven, recreant
Type of coward
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Examples of poltroon

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Yes, thanks, I got that, you patronising poltroon.
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In the end, though, we can hardly blame the old poltroon for trying it on via his lawyer over the Culshaw fiasco.
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I know others btl will suggest otherwise to you, but there is little that is clever or funny about repeatedly calling someone a poltroon.
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I may be a middle-brow poltroon, but I think Duffy's is one of the finest voices we have and if we have to have such am anachronism as a Poet Laureate, she is bloody good in the role.
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  • An abject coward
  • Characterized by complete cowardliness
  • Poltroon was a successful event horse ridden by American rider Torrance Watkins.
  • An ignoble or total coward; a dastard; a mean-spirited wretch; Cowardly