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Definition of Milksops
1. milksop [n] - See also: milksop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milksops
Literary usage of Milksops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge "Apostles" by Frances Mary Brookfield (1906)
"But milksops ! milksops ! Eheu ! !! Of course such real sound hearts as Merivale,
Thompson and Co. are exceptions : but they belong to us— not to the later ..."
2. The Cambridge "Apostles" by Frances Mary Brookfield (1907)
"But milksops ! milksops ! Eheu ! !! Of course such real sound hearts as Merivale,
Thompson and Co. are exceptions : but they belong to us— not to the later ..."
3. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1852)
"... the Pumpkins, and the milksops, and among these there always was a continued
war ; they had buried the pipe of peace long ago, and forgotten where, ..."
4. Official Report of the Thirteenth Universal Peace Congress: Held at Boston (1904)
"We say, " Oh, very well, but if the peace movement makes progress what a lot of
milksops we shall all be. How are you going to treat the present conditions ..."
5. The Golden Decade of a Favored Town.: Being Biographical Sketches and by Richard Glenn (1884)
"No milksops, these. Note that, pray, thou that art blinded by the devil to ...
No milksops, these ; but noble specimens of humanity in every way—in form, ..."
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