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Milksop (A)

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An effeminate person; one without energy, one under petticoat government. The allusion is to very young children, who are fed on bread and milk.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Mildendo
Mildew
Milesian Fables
Milesian Story or Tale (A)
Milesians (The)
Milk
Milk and Honey
Milk and Water
Milk of Human Kindness (The)
Milksop (A)
Milky Way (The)
Mill
Mills of God grind slowly (The)
Millennium
Miller
Miller
Miller’s Eye (A)
Miller’s Thumb (A)
Milliner
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