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Limp-wristed

adj, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Limp, weak by nature; lacking strength. derogatory, slang
  2. 2
    Of a man: having effeminate qualities or characteristics perceived to be homosexual in nature. derogatory, slang

    "Given the doubts about manhood in the postwar years, a rough sport like football helped to establish a hierarchy of competing masculinities that favored the sturdy athlete over his limp-wristed counterpart, the heterosexual linebacker over the homosexual fop."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past of limp-wrist form-of, past

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