chicken-livered

[ chik-uhn-liv-erd ]

/ ˈtʃɪk ənˈlɪv ərd /

adjective Informal.

timid; fearful; cowardly.

Origin of chicken-livered

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Words nearby chicken-livered

chicken hawk, chicken-hearted, chicken Kiev, chicken ladder, Chicken Little, chicken-livered, chicken lobster, chicken louse, chicken mushroom, chicken out, chickenpox

Example sentences from the Web for chicken-livered

Come back here, you couple of chicken-livered cowards, and I'll thrash the two of ye!
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 9|Various
A weak-kneed, chicken-livered, white-bellied old bullfrog that squeaks and jumps, plunk!
The Maid-At-Arms|Robert W. Chambers
I went, and this is what he says: 'The fool that defended me is a chicken-livered son of a—and all the rest of it,' he says.
Summer|Edith Wharton
He thinks me a chicken-livered old coward and I know much more about him than I knew before; and we are at peace.
The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II|Burton J. Hendrick

单词	chicken-livered
释义	chicken-livered [ chik-uhn-liv-erd ] / ˈtʃɪk ənˈlɪv ərd / adjective Informal. timid; fearful; cowardly. Origin of chicken-livered An Americanism dating back to 1870–75 Words nearby chicken-livered chicken hawk, chicken-hearted, chicken Kiev, chicken ladder, Chicken Little, chicken-livered, chicken lobster, chicken louse, chicken mushroom, chicken out, chickenpox Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chicken-livered Come back here, you couple of chicken-livered cowards, and I'll thrash the two of ye! Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 9\|Various A weak-kneed, chicken-livered, white-bellied old bullfrog that squeaks and jumps, plunk! The Maid-At-Arms\|Robert W. Chambers I went, and this is what he says: 'The fool that defended me is a chicken-livered son of a—and all the rest of it,' he says. Summer\|Edith Wharton He thinks me a chicken-livered old coward and I know much more about him than I knew before; and we are at peace. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II\|Burton J. Hendrick
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