Term Gallery logo

Meanings of play the coward in English

We have no meanings for "play the coward" in our records yet.
Usage of play the coward in English
1
If he had played the fool, he must not play the coward.
The Seventh Noon
2
But that is no excuse for any man to play the coward.
The Case and the Girl
3
Well at least she would not play the coward's part with it!
The Visioning: A Novel
4
He was not going to play the coward with his father-in-law.
The Prime Minister
5
We involuntarily shrink back, and play the coward like our neighbours.
Thrift
6
However that may be, I must not play the coward now.
In the Wilderness
7
Did I play the coward on that night I was captured?
Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
8
Do you mean that you are going to play the coward?
All for a Scrap of Paper: A Romance of the Present War
9
What I want to know is, are you going to play the coward?
All for a Scrap of Paper: A Romance of the Present War
10
Tell me, Bob, why do you want to play the coward?
All for a Scrap of Paper: A Romance of the Present War
11
Because it isn't in your make-up to play the coward.
Many Kingdoms
12
She was too honest to play the coward before him.
Bob Hampton of Placer
13
No longer could he play the coward before trivial adversities.
Bunker Bean
14
But give me more courage-morecourage, O Lord, or I must play the coward.
Captivity
15
To deny truth is to play the coward.
The Garden of Allah
16
Sometimes I droop, for then purpose has gone from me, and cynically I play the coward.
America First: Patriotic Readings
This collocation consists of:
Play the coward through the time
Play the coward across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common