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Brewer's: Acres
A′cres
A Bob Acres—i.e., a coward. From Sheridan's comedy called The Rivals. His courage always “oozed out at his fingers' ends.”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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