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Examples
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No little fraid-cat shrimps like you-all can skin Burning Daylight.
Chapter IV 2010
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She thought she must be a sad "'fraid-cat" to be overawed by such a little personage as the new governess.
The Governess Julie Mathilde Lippmann
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"Huh! He's a fraid-cat!" muttered Danny again, as he shuffled off, muttering to himself.
The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat Laura Lee Hope
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"I never knew you to be such a 'fraid-cat before, Helen," laughed Ruth.
Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Alice B. Emerson
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He would mark himself as a quitter and a "'fraid-cat" for all time if he ever let such a thing happen again.
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"What a little 'fraid-cat you are!" laughed Phyllis.
The Dragon's Secret Augusta Huiell Seaman 1914
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You see, "'fraid-cat" was a name he couldn't abide.
The Tale of Jolly Robin Arthur Scott Bailey 1913
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No little fraid-cat shrimps like you-all can skin Burning Daylight.
Chapter IV 1910
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Nan was in the next little chamber and he was half of a mind to call her, but he was afraid she would call him a "'fraid-cat!" something he had always despised.
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"I took it," said the 'fraid-cat, faintly; she moved in front of her brother as though to protect him.
The Iron Woman Margaret Wade Campbell Deland 1901
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