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chicken-hearted Definition

chicken-hearted (-härt′id)

adjective

cowardly; timid
also ☆ chicken-livered chick′en-liv′ered (-liv′ərd)
chicken-hearted Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • man: Back we will go, the way we came, and small thanks to you big, hulking, chicken-hearted men.