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- adjective US, childish
afraid . - adjective US, childish
cowardly .
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Examples
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Most of the worry centered around young Muffinhead, the sole boy cat, and the only so called fraidy cat of the bunch.
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I knew grown-ups men andwomen who’d go to the storm cellar at the first sign of weather, andI very much didn’t want to be that kind of fraidy-cat.
We are having a thunder and lightning show right now « Dating Jesus 2009
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#608 Warren – another paranoid coward/sissy – wow – it’s amazing that these “conservatives” will just up and proclaim what kind of fraidy-cat mama’s boys they really are …. .if you’re afraid that a bunch of 3rd world muslims are going to enslave you, you are the most chickenshit, yellow-bellied, coward I’ve ever heard of.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Maliki Speech Interrupted By War Protestor 2006
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"She looks fierce, but she's a fraidy cat," Erin says.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Canines' Constant Companion Nancy Ruhling 2011
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Answer: it works for their worldly success, even though they are outliers of the spirit of the Christian church, corrupters of its original intent, and meany losers, lining up the other 'fraidy cats behind them.
Stephanie Sandberg: God On The Spoon Stephanie Sandberg 2011
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The United States is full of easily manipulated 'fraidy cat fools – as usual.
CNN Truth Squad: No eye care until you're blind in one eye? 2009
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My goodness – all these republican “fraidy-cats” occupying important positions in government – how pathetic.
Think Progress » Obama: Gitmo Has ‘Been Subject To A Lot Of…Pretty Rank Politics’ 2010
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New character Booster, an alien Space Ranger sidekick for Buzz, is the typical large, scary-looking fraidy cat type, which makes for approachable humor.
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My goodness – all these republican “fraidy-cats” occupying important positions in government – how pathetic.
Think Progress » Obama: Gitmo Has ‘Been Subject To A Lot Of…Pretty Rank Politics’ 2010
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Don't be such a wimp all the time, you fraidy-cat!
Trixie Belden and the Secret of the Mansion - Julie Campbell karenhealey 2010
bilby commented on the word fraidy
Is there anything else that is referred to as fraidy other than cats?
July 18, 2014
bilby commented on the word fraidy
Zamples suggest no.
July 18, 2014
qms commented on the word fraidy
Must a bird be grumpy to be a grouse?
How vile the bug before it's a louse?
And if it comes to that,
We say "fraidy cat"
So why not refer to a "timor-mouse?"
July 18, 2014
bilbyzcat commented on the word fraidy
fraidy not
*lolls*
July 18, 2014