Originally Posted by
Horatius
Well, yeah, that's the point. They like to talk tough about how they're looking for fights and won't back down, but they only ever fight when they have a significant advantage, and run when confronted by someone who can actually fight back. They're not looking to fight, they're looking to commit assault.
The term is Poltroon. Someone how is a coward under a great show of fake bravado.