pigeon-livered
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pigeon-livered
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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Never was a Hamlet less pigeon-livered; yet never was there one who was less "the glass of fashion and the mold of form."
From Time Magazine Archive
It must needs be thou art pigeon-livered and lack gall!
From Prose Fancies by Le Gallienne, Richard
Are your senses playing bo-peep with the ghost of some pigeon-livered coast captain, eh?
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827 by Various
Then he wondered if he had not grown spiritless and pigeon-livered in his solitude and loneliness.
From Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation by Harte, Bret
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