Definition of white-livered White-livered
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What does white-livered mean?
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| white-livered - easily frightened | ||
| chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied | ||
| cowardly, fearful lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley | ||
| colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- white-livered (a.)
Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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white-livered
Cowardly, malicious.
