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Thesaurus: white-livered
Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
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- a. Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
- adj. easily frightened
- Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly. They must not be milksops, nor white-livered knights. Latimer.
- Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous;dastardly.They must not be milksops, nor white-livered knights. Latimer.