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chicken-livered
[ chik-uhn-liv-erd ]
adjective
Informal.
- timid; fearful; cowardly.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chicken-livered1
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
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And no matter how you frame it, there will be cowardly chicken-livered liberals, who are like, ahhhh-gahhhh.
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Yet the film is dismissed as "pernicious garbage" by online critic Glenn Kenny, who accuses it of being self-important and "chicken-livered".
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Our writer, who calls himself “chicken-livered,” examines the reasons behind the thrill of confronting fear.
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Chicken-livered from the start, I have always dreaded this time of year.
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Rainie said, “He’s chicken-livered, that’s what it is.”
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