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chickenshit
[ chik-uhn-shit ]
noun
- boring or annoying details or unimportant tasks.
adjective
- obsessed with petty details.
- menial or petty.
- cowardly or fainthearted.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chickenshit1
1945–50; Americanism
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Example Sentences
I stood frozen in the kitchen and strongly considered flight, but in a pulse of character development worthy of Elyse herself, I bested my chickenshit heart and hustled to pursue Molly Khan, who had exited not only the room but the house.
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