white-livered
lacking courage; cowardly; lily-livered.
lacking in vitality or spirit; pale; unhealthy.
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How to use white-livered in a sentence
If I live through this breach of habit, I shall be a white-livered puppy indeed.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonNothin', only you're a white-livered stinker, an' I'm jest a-spoilin' foh a fight with you-all.
Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp"You take that rope off or I'll put daylight through you, you white-livered sneak," screamed the other man.
The Long Dim Trail | Forrestine C. HookerFive of them sprung up in a row, and none left to play booty or turn white-livered!
Oliver Twist, Vol. I (of 3) | Charles DickensA white-livered Handloom as I dare say, or a son of a gun of a factory slave.
Sybil | Benjamin Disraeli
British Dictionary definitions for white-livered
lacking in spirit or courage
pallid and unhealthy in appearance
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