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Word: poltroonish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Meekly, we agree with H. L. Mencken's definition of our national character: we "constitute the most timorous, sniveling, poltroonish, ignominious mob of serfs and goos-steppers ever gathered under one flag in Christendom since the end of the Middle Ages, and...grow more timorous, more sniveling, more poltroonish, more ignominious every day." How easy...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: JAZZ | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

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