chickenhearted

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And even the "so-called defenders" of capitalism were too chickenhearted to resist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Surviving with him are a few sempervivums, or everlivings�among them the European houseleek, sometimes known as "hen and chickens"�a proper plant for this chickenhearted man.

From Time Magazine Archive

Escape literature is the term generally used to designate a chickenhearted conspiracy of writers and readers who do not want to face up to real life.

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Stout urged this bitterness primarily as a safeguard against chickenhearted United Nations action at the peace table.

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A voice behind him is heard saying nearly aloud, "Don't be chickenhearted."

From The Inspector-General by Seltzer, Thomas