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cream puff

–noun
1. a hollow pastry made with cream puff paste and filled with custard sauce or whipped cream.
2. Informal.
a. a weak or timid person; sissy.
b. a vehicle or machine that has been kept in unusually good condition or is very easy to operate.

Origin:
1885–90
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cream puff also cream·puff   (krēm'pŭf')
n.  
  1. A shell of light pastry filled with whipped cream, custard, or ice cream.

  2. Slang A weakling.

  3. Slang An old, especially secondhand car in very good condition.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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cream puff

  1. n.
    a weakling; a wimp. : Don't be a cream puff all your life! Join a health club!
  2. n.
    a used car that is in very good condition. : This one is a real cream puff. Only driven to church by a little old lady.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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