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A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person.

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  1. n. A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person.
  2. n. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive
  3. A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate or weak-minded person. Shak. To wed a milksop or a coward ape. Chaucer.
  4. A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate orweak-minded person. Shak.To wed a milksop or a coward ape. Chaucer.
  5. n a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive