Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Timid as a bird; easily frightened.
Wiktionary
- adj. timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted.
Examples
“Delightful haven to pigeon-hearted malefactors -- inconsistent criminals, who fear the puny look of mortal man, and, unabashed, stalk beneath the eternal and the killing frown of God.”
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844
“It's my private opinion, Bates, that you're just as pigeon-hearted as I am!”
“Oh, would that I were once more a Queen, if only for one little hour, and I would take such a vengeance on those accursed jackals who deserted me in my need; that it should only be spoken of in whispers; those woman, those pigeon-hearted half-breeds who suffered themselves to be overcome! 'and she choked in her wrath.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pigeon-hearted’.
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pigeons and doves
309 species of pigeon according to
Animal (DK),pigeons produce crop
milk.Thirty-two pigeons have been decorated with the Dickin Medal.
Colloquial responsibility; concern: that's h...Columbidae, squab, rock dove, feral rock pigeon, crop milk, dove, wood pigeon, pink pigeon, eurasian collared..., mourning dove, magnificent fruit..., New zealand pigeon and 131 more...
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Noah's Park
Hello, and Welcome™! Come and visit our most diverse land of our Animalesque™ adventures. Here at Noah's Park™ we have Virtually All You'd Ever Want To See™. An experience that is related to ani...
sheep's eyes, doe-eyed, cat-eyed, bug-eyed, cat's paw, black swan, leapfrog, menagerie, cold turkey, card shark, snail's pace, bull's eye and 362 more...
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Wirds of a Feather
Phrases and figures of speech in which birds are featured. Or feathers. Or such like.
a little bird tol..., to have an albatr..., birds of a feathe..., in the catbird seat, cold turkey, to cook one's goose, don't count your ..., to have one's duc..., to eat crow, a feather in one'..., for the birds, flip the bird and 122 more...
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Animalia Wordia
Words or short phrases with animal names in them. Since I already have a dedicated list for 'monkey' words I shall leave them out of this one for the moment.
paper tiger, pigeon-hearted, lion-hearted, sacred cow, chicken heart, fraidy cat, scaredy-cat, snake oil, can of worms, snake pit, rat's nest, stool pigeon and 114 more...
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ruzuzu "Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted."
--GNU Webster's 1913 Dec 16, 2010