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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Cower
 
  Cower and shrink as Pariah before Brahma.
            —Edward Bulwer-Lytton		  1
  Cower and crouch like an English housemaid when knees are calloused with scrubbing.
            —Victor Hugo		  2
 
 
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