| 单词 | cowardly custard |
| 释义 | > as lemmascowardly custard cowardly custard n. (also with reduplication of the first element) (esp. as a taunt among children) a fearful or cowardly person; = cowardy, cowardy, custard at cowardy adj.In quot. 1637 as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1637 T. Nabbes Microcosmus iii. sig. D3 I have a sort of cowardly Custards, borne in the City, but bred up at Court, that quake for feare. 1833 ‘C. Sly’ Sayings & Doings Tremont House I. 15 That abominable school boy's song beginning ‘Cowardly, cowardly Custard, Ate his father's mustard’. 1924 Boys' Life July 3/1 ‘You're afraid! You're afraid to go back again now!’ adding an Eskimo taunt equivalent to—cowardly, cowardly custard! 2004 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 27 Jan. 13 I am a cowardly custard where all physical risks are concerned. < as lemmas |
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