“You’ll just light up a bunch of rodents,” she said. She said, “I refuse to live like a poltroon,” which made me laugh. I love and admire her fiery verbal streak. A “poltroon,” I ...

After a theatre performance, he and Branicki clashed over the favours of one of the dancers. When Casanova yielded, Branicki called him a ‘poltroon’ and, furthermore, a ‘Venetian poltroon’. ‘There is ...

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OK, we’ll tell you: A poltroon is a coward or an idler. At least Jack Palance’s Oscar victory has gotten him a commercial. – Good grief, my old boss has really reached the zenith.

An Alabama man has earned his five minutes of fame by running naked through his local Bass Pro Shop and diving into the store’s massive fish tank for an impromptu swim. Actually, the guy’s ...

Security guard: You see that Ferrari on fire crashed into the back of that taxi? Concierge: Yes. Security guard: That is the Sheikh’s car and the valet was driving it. Concierge: He is such a poltroon ...

In “The Poltroon Husband,” your story in this week’s issue, a man who seemingly has it all—a nice house and a relatively untroubled political conscience—is disturbed by a noise in the ...