milksop
Example Sentences
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Because the other alternative is that Americans have collectively become the most hypersensitive group of whining milksops ever assembled under one flag.
From Time • Apr. 1, 2015
Kids in Colorado and Wyoming listened with only half an ear to milksops like the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the new economies, the real spoils will go to the creatives�the quick-witted entrepreneurs and innovators, not the compliant milksops with ambitions restricted to the traditional professions.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Took you all for milksops at first. Deepest apologies,” he added, with a bow.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
His masterful bearing, too, was a pleasure to the spirited Elspie, who had no liking for milksops, and had sent off more than one lover because he came crawling too humbly to her feet.
From Between Whiles by Jackson, Helen Hunt
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