"poltroonery" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From poltroon + -ery.",
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          "ref": "1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. IX, Abbot Samson”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):",
          "text": "Genius, Poet: do we know what these words mean? […] Nature’s own sacred voice heard once more athwart the dreary boundless element of hearsaying and canting, of twaddle and poltroonery, in which the bewildered Earth, nigh perishing, has lost its way.",
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          "ref": "1952, C. S. Lewis, chapter 12, in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Collins, published 1998:",
          "text": "“Your Majesty, your Majesty,” he said, “are you going to tolerate this mutiny, this poltroonery? This is a panic, this is a rout.”",
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        "Cowardice; lack of spirit; pusillanimity."
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  "etymology_text": "From poltroon + -ery.",
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          "text": "Genius, Poet: do we know what these words mean? […] Nature’s own sacred voice heard once more athwart the dreary boundless element of hearsaying and canting, of twaddle and poltroonery, in which the bewildered Earth, nigh perishing, has lost its way.",
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