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chicken-hearted definition

chicken-hearted (-härt′id)

adjective

cowardly; timid
also ☆ chicken-livered chick′en-liv′ered (-liv′ərd)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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