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  • 31milquetoast — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. see milksop II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who behaves in a childish, weak, or spoiled way: baby, milksop, mollycoddle, weakling. Idiom: mama s boy (or girl). See YOUTH …

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  • 32cockney — c.1600, usually said to be from rare M.E. cokenei, cokeney spoiled child, milksop (late 14c.), originally cokene ey cock s egg (mid 14c.). Most likely disentangling of the etymology is to start from O.E. cocena cock s egg genitive plural of coc… …

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  • 33milquetoast — (n.) timid, meek person, 1938, from Caspar Milquetoast, character created by U.S. newspaper cartoonist H.T. Webster (1885 1952) in the strip The Timid Soul, which ran from 1924 in the New York World and later the Herald Tribune. By 1930 the name… …

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  • 34Milquetoast — n. [From Caspar Milquetoast, a character in a cartoon strip by H. T. Webster, The Timid Soul (1935).] a timid, unassertive man or boy fearful of confrontation and easily manipulated and dominated. Syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop. [WordNet… …

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  • 35mollycoddle — n. a pampered darling; an effeminate man; a milksop. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 36pantywaist — n. A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive. Syn: sissy, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 37Rhamnus catharticus — Sap Sap, n. [AS. s[ae]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. {Sapid}, {Sapient}.] 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the… …

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  • 38S varius — Sap Sap, n. [AS. s[ae]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. {Sapid}, {Sapient}.] 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the… …

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  • 39Sap — Sap, n. [AS. s[ae]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. {Sapid}, {Sapient}.] 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the… …

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  • 40Sap ball — Sap Sap, n. [AS. s[ae]p; akin to OHG. saf, G. saft, Icel. safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to L. sapere to taste, to be wise, sapa must or new wine boiled thick. Cf. {Sapid}, {Sapient}.] 1. The juice of plants of any kind, especially the… …

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