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What does lily-livered mean?

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Adjective
  1. (idiomatic) Cowardly, lacking courage.
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It's enough to put the fear of god into a lily-livered greenhorn like myself.
Some lily-livered people think that our Prime Minister deserves more respect from scribes.
Reagan benefited by being sandwiched between two pols frequently mocked as lily-livered.
The clues are in the songs though, these are not the words of some lily-livered upstart.
When did we become such a bunch of lily-livered scaredy cats and super-sensitive flowers?
At the moment the right wing of the party has asserted its supremacy, which is why lily-livered lefties like me have deserted the Party.

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