poltroon's

Updated: June 21, 2025

Full sixteen hands high; the eye of a hawk, the spirit of the king eagle; a chest like a lion; swifter than a roebuck, and strong as a buffalo. I asked Macdonald, how he could reconcile it to himself to take the old poltroon's horse in that way?

M. L. (Mason Locke) Weems - The Life of General Francis Marion