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- DictionaryLil·y-liv·ered/ˈlilē ˌlivərd/
adjective
- 1. weak and cowardly: "he hates lily-livered politicians and permissive judges"
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4 days ago · by David Sharman Published 23 May 2024. 0. A “lily-livered” weekly newspaper reporter is set to walk on hot coals in aid of a charity on his patch. Liam Chorley, of the Isle of Wight County Press, will take on the challenge for St Catherine’s Speech and Language School.
May 17, 2024 · THREE Hackney councillors resigned from Labour today over its “lily-livered stand” on the ongoing massacre in Gaza. Socialists Penny Wrout, Fliss Premru and Claudia Turbet-Delof held a press conference outside the east London borough’s town hall.
May 17, 2024 · “But it’s also, crucially, about Labour’s lily-livered stand, from the beginning, on Gaza.” Cllr Wrout pointed to the shares Hackney Council’s pension fund holds in an Israeli arms company, adding: “There is a small window of opportunity for them to sell those shares before the Tory government makes it illegal for them to do so.
May 14, 2024 · The chorus, with its infectious rhythm, emphasizes the pirate imagery with references to crossbones, swords, and a bottle of rum. It establishes the theme of the song as it declares, “No rest for the lily-livered pirate scum.”
May 2, 2024 · To be "lily-livered" is to be considered cowardly but where do we find the first recorded use of the word? Hint
4 days ago · This means the collocation of two words such as ‘lily livered’ in another language will have no meaning, while it means 'cowardly' and 'weak' in English. Collocation is derived from the Latin words ‘collocationem’ and ‘collocatio,’ which are noun forms of the Latin verb meaning ‘to arrange.’
5 days ago · Not by Democrats—that they were crooked was a given—but by Republicans too lily-livered to take a stand for Trump’s rightful victory. The party needed a MAGA takeover and it needed one fast.
