Definition of Coward

Court-fool

COWARD noun

	One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Crayfish

Regular definition:

COWARD:
?kau?d n. & adj. --n. a person who is easily frightened or intimidated by danger or pain. --adj. poet. easily frightened. [ME f. OF cuard, couard ult. f. L cauda tail]

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