milksop

Example Sentences

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In any case, the new trio's dynamic works – beginning with Tennant's beleagured version of Fogg, a man of precision and privilege who's also seen as a milksop by his Reform Club peers.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2022

Thorne has a little list: "I still call people nincompoops, mainly to amuse my kids - lickspittle, twerp or milksop."

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2013

Poor David Hallberg, who as Des Grieux is given perhaps Mr. Neumeier’s most antimusical choreography, was made up to look like a spectral milksop.

From New York Times • May 26, 2010

Early in the week, both houses ignored Rocky's threats that "the legislature cannot go home without strong and effective action on ethics," passed a milksop code by huge majorities.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Perhaps something worse, father," said Ulric, curtly, "but he would not have grown into a milksop like that, you may take my word for it."

From Success and How He Won It by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)