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pigeon-livered

pigeon-livered adjective: cowardly.

Adjective

pigeon-livered (comparative more pigeon-livered, superlative most pigeon-livered)

  1. (archaic) cowardly

Forms of pigeon-livered

comparativemore pigeon-livered
superlativemost pigeon-livered

Questions about pigeon-livered

What does pigeon-livered mean?
Pigeon-livered means cowardly.
What part of speech is pigeon-livered?
Pigeon-livered is an adjective.

Words near pigeon-livered in the dictionary

  1. pigeon-hearted
  2. pigeon-hole
  3. pigeon-holed
  4. pigeon-holes
  5. pigeon-holing
  6. pigeon-livered
  7. pigeon-pie
  8. pigeon-pies
  9. pigeon-toed
  10. pigeonable
  11. Pigeonbah

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