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fraid⋅y-cat

  [frey-dee-kat]
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–noun Informal.
a timid, easily frightened person: often used by children.
Also called scaredy-cat.

Origin:
1905–10; fraid (aph. form of afraid ) + -y 1
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fraid·y cat   (frā'dē)   
n.   Slang
A timid or fearful person.

[Shortening of afraid + -y1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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fraidy cat [ˈfredi...]

  1. n.
    a coward; a person who is frightened of everything. (Used in children's taunts.) : Don't be a fraidy cat. Go ahead, jump!
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

fraidy-cat 
"coward," c.1910 slang, from child's pronunciation of afraid + cat (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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