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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Cower

Cower and shrink as Pariah before Brahma.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Cower and crouch like an English housemaid when knees are calloused with scrubbing.
—Victor Hugo