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POLTROON

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 17 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL
POLTROON , a
coward
 , a worthless
rogue
  without courage or, spirit. The word comes through Fr. poltron from Ital. poltrone, an idle fellow, one who lolls in a bed or
couch
  (Milanese palter, Venetian poltrona, adapted from Ger. Polster, a
pillow
 ; cf.
English
  " bolster "). The old guess that it was from Lat. pollice truncus, maimed in the thumb, and was first applied to those who avoided military service by self-
mutilation
 , gave rise probably to the
French
  application of poltron to a falcon whose talons were cut to prevent its attacking
game
 .


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