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white liver

noun as in coward

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"World anarchist ideas, which is another word for treason or white liver," observed the colonel.

"Ye've a better pull than any white-liver of 'em, from Tom's to Barnegat," gasped Bowlegs, struggling against the surf.

Lilly-liver'd is cowardly; white-blooded and white-liver'd are still in vulgar use.

He was simply calling Failing a milksop and a white-liver; just as plainly as if he had used the words.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to white liver, such as: wimp, alarmist, baby, chicken, craven, and cur.

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