Pantywaist describes a weak or effeminate man, or is used to describe weakness or cowardice.
Pantywaist describe a un hombre débil o afeminado, o se usa para describir la debilidad o la cobardía.
| Front | pantywaist \PAN-tee-wayst\ |
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| Back | noun An weak or effeminate man. adjective Weak; cowardly; effeminate. [A pantywaist was formerly a child's undergarment in which a shirt and pants were buttoned together at the waist. Earliest documented use: 1910.] "The question on many people's minds: Will the genteel Mr. Creel, more comfortable buried in legal briefs than in the trenches of hand-to-throat political combat, be able to respond in kind? He doesn't see himself as a political pantywaist." |
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