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Gammerstang commented on the word bowbard
(noun) - A dastard; a person destitute of spirit . . . Junius considers it as akin to English boobie and buffoon. It is perhaps allied to German Bub, which . . . first signified a boy, then a servant, and at length a worthless fellow.
--John Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, 1808
January 15, 2018