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milksop

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɪlkˌsɒp/Part of speech nounSorted iklmopsStarts with MEnds with P0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

Word origin

From Middle English milksop, mylk sop, mylke soppe, equivalent to milk + sop.

Used in a sentence

  • And vvho doth lead them but a paltrey fellovv,? / Long kept in Brittaine at our mothers coſt, / A milkeſopt, one that neuer in his life / Felt ſo much colde as ouer ſhooes in ſnovv: […]
  • “That milksop of a creature pretend to be worthy of such a woman as Mrs. Pendennis,” broke out the Doctor: “where will impudence stop next!”

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