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scared⋅y-cat

  [skair-dee-kat]
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–noun Informal.
fraidy-cat.
Origin:
1930–35; scared + -y 2
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fraid⋅y-cat

  [frey-dee-kat]
–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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fraidy-cat 
"coward," c.1910 slang, from child's pronunciation of afraid + cat (q.v.).
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