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synonyms for featherweights

  • coward
  • crybaby
  • pushover
  • baby
  • chicken
  • featherweight
  • jellyfish
  • loser
  • milksop
  • namby-pamby
  • pansy
  • pantywaist
  • schlemiel
  • sissy
  • wuss
  • chickenheart
  • cream puff
  • fraidy-cat
  • lily liver
  • mama's boy
  • scaredy-cat
  • wussy
  • yellowbelly
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How to use featherweights in a sentence

There is no reason at all why ladies should not employ clubs of good average weight instead of featherweights.
THE COMPLETE GOLFER [1905]HARRY VARDON
All sorts, you know—featherweights, and heavy-weights, and greyhounds.
THE MANXMANHALL CAINE
We hear a great deal about "featherweights" in connection with racing.
PUNCHINELLO, VOL. II., ISSUE 31, OCTOBER 29, 1870VARIOUS
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