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

It was only the once despised "milksop" who was ready so to face danger.

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