pantywaist
Example Sentences
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His business associates are so young and fearsome that among them Mr. Stevens, no pantywaist, seems as mild and conspicuous as a country uncle.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few Denver intransigeants call Director Cherrington a Communist, but real Communists call him a "pantywaist."
From Time Magazine Archive
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