| 单词 | cowardy, cowardy, custard |
| 释义 | > as lemmascowardy, cowardy, custard Cowardly. Used tauntingly by children, esp. in the phrase cowardy, cowardy, custard (formerly costard). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] arghc885 heartlessOE bloodlessc1225 coward1297 faintc1300 nesha1382 comfortless1387 pusillanimousa1425 faint-heartedc1440 unheartyc1440 cowardous1480 hen-hearteda1529 cowardish1530 feigningc1540 white-livered1546 cowardly1551 faceless1567 pusillanime1570 liver-hearted1571 cowish1579 cowardise1582 coward-like1587 faint-heart1590 courageless1593 sheep-like1596 white-hearted1598 milky1602 milk-livered1608 undaring1611 lily-livereda1616 yarrow1616 flightful1626 chicken-hearted1629 poltroon1649 cow-hearted1660 whey-blooded1675 unbravea1681 nimble-heeled1719 dunghill1775 shrimp-hearted1796 chicken-livered1804 white-feathered1816 pluckless1821 chicken-spirited1822 milk-blooded1822 cowardy1836 yellow1856 yellow-livered1857 putty-hearted1872 uncourageous1878 chicken1883 piker1901 yellow-bellied1907 manso1932 scaredy-cat1933 chickenshit1940 cold-footed1944 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) coward?a1289 hen-hearta1450 staniel?a1500 pigeon?1571 cow1581 quake-breech1584 cow-baby1594 custard1598 chicken heart1602 nidget1605 hen?1613 faintling1614 white-liver1614 chickena1616 quake-buttocka1627 skitterbrooka1652 dunghill1761 cow-heart1768 shy-cock1768 fugie1777 slag1788 man of chaff1799 fainter1826 possum1833 cowardy, cowardy, custard1836 sheep1840 white feather1857 funk1859 funkstick1860 lily-liver1860 faint-heart1870 willy boy1895 blert1905 squib1908 fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23 manso1912 feartie1923 yellowbelly1927 chicken liver1930 boneless wonder1931 scaredy-cat1933 sook1933 pantywaist1935 punk1939 ringtail1941 chickenshit1945 candy-ass1953 pansy-ass1963 unbrave1981 bottler1994 1836 in A. Nicoll Hist. Early 19th Cent. Drama (1930) II. 436 (title) Cowardy, Cowardy Custard; or, Harlequin Jim Crow and the Magic Mustard-Pot. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words I. 149 Cowardy! cowardy! costard! Repeated by children playing at the game of ‘One catch all’, when they advance towards the one who is selected to catch them, and dare or provoke her to capture them. 1882 ‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versâ ix. 182 Yah, you're afraid!.. I wouldn't be afraid! Cowardy, cowardy, custard! 1911 J. M. Barrie Peter & Wendy ii. 27 Father's a cowardy custard. 1935 G. Greene Basement Room & Other Stories 77 He muttered taunts and encouragements. ‘May as well be hung for a sheep’, ‘Cowardy, cowardy custard’, grown-up and childish exhortations oddly mixed. a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 59 Cowardy cowardy custard Give Gwennie a penny. < as lemmas |
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