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fraidy-cat (frā′dē kat′)

noun

Informal a person easily frightened: a child's term

Etymology: < afraid + cat

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