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- noun Plural form of
milquetoast .
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Examples
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It will therefore make it all the more devastating when these culturally impure, secular milquetoasts roll them up like a carpet.
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A Perfect Getaway does a very cool switch-up midgame that frees the audience from its alignment with the milquetoasts and invites it to guiltlessly/enthusiastically get on board with the scary guy with the big knife.
GETAWAY IN MARYLAND N A 2009
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A Perfect Getaway does a very cool switch-up midgame that frees the audience from its alignment with the milquetoasts and invites it to guiltlessly/enthusiastically get on board with the scary guy with the big knife.
Archive 2009-08-01 N A 2009
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Since people haven't been eating nearly as much of it as they used to, the latest Grape Nuts ad campaign, running now on MSN's Web site, is trying a new tonic: It consists of skits in which male milquetoasts get droll advice on "looking cool while driving a minivan," or "letting your in-laws move into your house."
No Grapes, No Nuts, No Market Share: A Venerable Cereal Faces Crunchtime 2009
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It's also nice to see the Lib Dems getting off their arses for once, although it'll take a few more examples before I forgive them for being such a pathetic bunch of milquetoasts over the Iraq war.
Good. MissPrism 2009
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In other words, they are ineffective milquetoasts and their disorganized and scattered approach causes thick layers of impenetrable waxy yellow buildup to accrue which then necessitates more money being spent to chip it away which inflames the other element which hates to spend money for anything other than plasma TV's, pistol cross-bows and ceramic figurines of braided milkmaids.
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Guess what, the milquetoasts are as much a part of the problem as the bullies raining down the half truths.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro: Hey, I Got Your Civility Right Here, Champ! 2009
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Lo and behold, Obama is diversifying the stodgy gaggle of milquetoasts that is the White House press corps!
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They they can go back to being milquetoasts and let the Republicans walk all over them in front of the nation every day.
GOP Congressman Introduces Legislation To Restrict Pelosi Trips To Enemy Countries 2009
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It's also nice to see the Lib Dems getting off their arses for once, although it'll take a few more examples before I forgive them for being such a pathetic bunch of milquetoasts over the Iraq war.
Archive 2009-04-01 MissPrism 2009
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