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Milquetoast

noun
1.
A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive.  Synonyms: milksop, pansy, pantywaist, sissy.






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"Milquetoast" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Captain Sawtelle is old-school Navy brass. He goes strictly by the book. So you've got to draw a razor-sharp line; exactly where the Advisory Board's directive puts it. And next time he sticks his ugly puss across that line, kick his face in. You've been Caspar Milquetoast Two ever since ...
— Masters of Space • Edward Elmer Smith

... Sawtelle is old-school Navy brass. He goes strictly by the book. So you've got to draw a razor-sharp line; exactly where the Advisory Board's directive puts it. And next time he sticks his ugly puss across that line, kick his face in. You've been Caspar Milquetoast Two ever ...
— Masters of Space • Edward Elmer Smith



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