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milksop
ˈmilksop [f. milk n.1 + sop n.] † 1. A piece of bread soaked in milk. Obs. rare.c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 53 Melle white brede in dysshes aboute, Powre in wellyd mylke, with outen doute, Þat called is mylke soppys in serves For Satyrday at nyȝt. † b. fig. in pl. ‘Soft sayings’. Obs.1577 Hanmer Anc...
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milksop
milksop/ˈmɪlksɔp; `mɪlkˌsɑp/ n(derog 贬) man or boy who is weak and timid 懦弱而胆怯的男子.
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Millsap
Derived from a nickname for a "spiritless man", the name is borrowed from Middle English for milksop, meaning "piece of bread soaked in milk".
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Inkdeath
Inkdeath picks up with the now immortal, but slowly decaying, evil Adderhead, ruler of the southern part of the Inkworld, his brother-in-law the Milksop The Milksop goes after the group of robbers, but Fenoglio saves them by writing giant human nests up in the trees.
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Sop
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The expression milksop describes a person as weak and indecisive. Its connotation is similar to that of "milquetoast".
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retaunt
▪ I. reˈtaunt, n. [re- 5 a.] A repeated or renewed taunt.a 1548 Hall Chron., Rich. III 34 b, He..gave me such unkynde woordes with suche tauntes and retauntes.▪ II. reˈtaunt, v. [re- 5 a.] To taunt again.1579 Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 109, I shall be accompted a Mecocke, a Milksop, taunted and retaunted w...
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water-butt
ˈwater-butt A large open-headed cask set up on end to receive the rain-water from a roof.1833 Loudon Encycl. Archit. §448 Water-butt and stand. 1835 Dickens Sk. Boz, Early Coaches, The water is ‘coming in’ in every area, the pipes have burst, the water-butts are running over. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley ...
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Charles A. Voight
In 1946, he drew Impossible Man for Captain Wizard and the superhero satire Captain Milksop for Atomic Bomb Comics #1.
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molly-coddle
▪ I. molly-coddle, n. (ˈmɒlɪkɒd(ə)l) Also 9 moll caudle, -coddle. [f. molly n.1 + coddle v.2] a. One who coddles himself or is coddled; one who takes excessive care of his health; an effeminate man. Also attrib. b. dial. = mollycot.1833 Sir C. Napier Colonies 209 A ‘moll caudle’ spirit that reigned ...
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Viviane is not enthused about marrying Bois-d'Enghien: she thinks him a milksop and is attracted only by dashing, disreputable men.
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mammaday
† ˈmammaday Obs. [Of obscure origin: cf. mod. dial. mamady (Linc.) ‘a sweetmeat made of boiled sugar’.] ? Nurse's milk, ‘pap’ (fig.). Also attrib. b. As a term of contempt: A ‘milksop’.1589 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. (1593) 74 Nothing, but pure Mammaday, and a fewe morsels of fly-blowne Euphuisme, so...
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Inkheart series
The Adderhead goes after her while sending the Milksop after the children. The Black Prince however, learns of the Milksop's march, and moves the children to a giant tree in the forest said to be a stronghold against giants.
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