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

"Adventure has ever appealed to me, sir, and lately my life has been o'er tame," I answered, determined to be no milksop among these British.

From Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman by Caldwell, Willie Walker