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English Dictionary: milksop by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
milksop
n
  1. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Milksop \Milk"sop`\, n.
      A piece of bread sopped in milk; figuratively, an effeminate
      or weak-minded person. --Shak.
  
               To wed a milksop or a coward ape.            --Chaucer.
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