Lily-livered

"Lily-livered" in a Sentence (4 examples)

Stew[ard],^([sic]) What doſt thou know me for? / Kent. […] [A] lilly lyuer'd action taking knaue, […] one that would'ſt bee a baud in way of good ſeruice, and art nothing but the compoſition of a knaue, begger, coward, pander, and the ſonne and heire of a mungrell bitch, […]

Go pricke thy face, and ouer-red thy feare / Thou Lilly-liuer'd Boy.

But as for that lily-livered sneak—that poor lyin' swindlin' cringin' cur of a Clavering—who stands in my shoes—stands in my shoes, hang him!

Ho! Then you do your best, Lillie. No one could call you lily-livered!

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