fraidy-cat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fraidy-cat
Example Sentences
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A cellar-dweller doesn’t best an undefeated club by using fraidy-cat tactics.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2015
Kicking was fraidy-cat tactics, but diverted blame from Quinn to Atlanta’s defensive players.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2015
I thought, OK, well, let’s say I’m just a fraidy-cat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2015
And by the time one particular horror is massaged out of existence another crops up like a spook in the closet of a "fraidy-cat" girl, and then the business is begun all over again.
From The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture by Stevans, Helen Follett
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