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pantywaist definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1936 1. a child's garment consisting of short pants buttoned to a waist 2. sissy • pantywaist adjective

Moby Thesaurus

Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, baby, big baby, chicken, cream puff, crybaby, doormat, dull tool, effeminate, goody-goody, gutless wonder, invertebrate, jellyfish, lightweight, lily, meek soul, milksop, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, nance, nancy, nebbish, nonentity, old woman, pansy, pushover, sad sack, sissy, softling, softy, sop, weak sister, weakling, wishy-washy