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caspar milquetoast

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milque⋅toast

  [milk-tohst]
–noun (sometimes initial capital letter)
a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, esp. one who is easily dominated or intimidated: a milquetoast who's afraid to ask for a raise.
Also called Caspar Milquetoast.

Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; after Caspar Milquetoast, a character in The Timid Soul, comic strip by H. T. Webster (1885–1952), American cartoonist
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milquetoast [ˈmɪlktost]

  1. n.
    an ineffectual man; a shy coward; an effeminate male. : This little milquetoast goes up to the biker, looks at him sort of sad like, and then karate chops him into a quivering pulp.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

milquetoast 
1938, from Caspar Milquetoast, cartoon character created by H.T. Webster in 1924 as "The Timid Soul." Probably a variation of milksop (see milk).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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