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Noun

1. 1
   A cowardly, faint-hearted person; one who is irresolute or fearful.

   "Beowulf had scarcely died before the faint-hearts came crawling out of their burrows."

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afraidcowardlytimidtimorousabulicafraid

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"Beowulf had scarcely died before the faint-hearts came crawling out of their burrows."

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