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