chicken-livered
[ chik-uhn-liv-erd ]
adjectiveInformal.
timid; fearful; cowardly.
Origin of chicken-livered
1An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Words Nearby chicken-livered
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How to use chicken-livered in a sentence
Or are you afraid—afraid even yet, oh, very chicken-livered lover—that behind the beauty of Naples you may find the filth?
The History of Sir Richard Calmady | Lucas MaletHe thinks me a chicken-livered old coward and I know much more about him than I knew before; and we are at peace.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II | Burton J. HendrickI went, and this is what he says: 'The fool that defended me is a chicken-livered son of a—and all the rest of it,' he says.
Summer | Edith WhartonA weak-kneed, chicken-livered, white-bellied old bullfrog that squeaks and jumps, plunk!
The Maid-At-Arms | Robert W. ChambersCome back here, you couple of chicken-livered cowards, and I'll thrash the two of ye!
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