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| NOUN: | Slang. An ignoble, uncourageous person: coward, craven, dastard, funk, poltroon. Slang : yellow-belly. See FEAR. | | ADJECTIVE: | Slang. Ignobly lacking in courage: chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, faint-hearted, lily-livered, pusillanimous, unmanly. Slang : gutless, yellow, yellow-bellied. See FEAR.
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