gizzardless

Adjective

gizzardless (not comparable)

1. Without a gizzard; without guts or innards.
   • This bird has the distinguishing feature of being unlike any of the grouse family, being gizzardless, having no muscular development of that character, but a membranous sac in its place.1906, Joel Parker Whitney, Reminiscences of a Sportsman, page 10
   • No matter what happened to any one else, Candace had to be pleased: for did not she so manage that most fowls served on mother's table went gizzardless to the carving?1913, Gene Stratton-Porter, Laddie: A True Blue Story, page 330
2. (figuratively) Lacking courage, cowardly.
   • "Heave harder on that peavy handle, you gizzardless scissor-bill, or I'll put the calks to you!"1925, James Stevens, Paul Bunyan, page 32
   • If you think you're in pain now, just wait until you see what tomorrow brings, you gizzardless coward.2013, Rob Davies, Henhouse High Jinx: Mr. Stevens and Friends, page 82