chicken-livered
[ chik-uhn-liv-erd ]
/ ˈtʃɪk ənˈlɪv ərd /
adjective Informal.
timid; fearful; cowardly.
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Origin of chicken-livered
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Words nearby chicken-livered
chicken hawk, chicken-hearted, chicken Kiev, chicken ladder, Chicken Little, chicken-livered, chicken lobster, chicken louse, chicken mushroom, chicken out, chickenpox
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Example sentences from the Web for chicken-livered
Come back here, you couple of chicken-livered cowards, and I'll thrash the two of ye!
A weak-kneed, chicken-livered, white-bellied old bullfrog that squeaks and jumps, plunk!
The Maid-At-Arms|Robert W. ChambersI 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 WhartonHe 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. Hendrick