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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An ineffective or undependable member of a group.
  • noun A person regarded as timid or indecisive.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun idiomatic, derogatory A person who is cowardly or indecisive.
  • noun idiomatic A person or thing which is the least robust or least dependable member of a group.

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