| Spineless sorts |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jun 2026 |
| Cowardly sorts |
Premier Sunday |
05 Apr 2026 |
| Spineless people |
Universal |
14 Dec 2025 |
| Weak people |
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| Ineffective types |
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| Weaklings |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Nov 2024 |
| Weak or ineffectual people(5) |
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| Feeble people (5) |
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| Feeble people, informally (5) |
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| Nerds' kin |
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| Cowards (In this answer, note the middle three letters) |
Universal |
01 Feb 2024 |
| Crybabies swim badly around quietly (5) |
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| Caribbean politicians who lack confidence to act? |
The Times Cryptic |
10 Dec 2021 |
| Pushovers |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jul 2021 |
| Pushovers |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Western devils finding chickens? |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Nov 2019 |
| Feeble people (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Nov 2019 |
| Women's Institute introducing politicians as ‘namby-pambys‘ |
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| Jellyfish |
Newsday |
17 Aug 2019 |
| Chickens (out) |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2019 |
| Chickens (out) |
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| Chickens (out) |
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| U-turn from he-men |
Universal |
21 Jul 2018 |
| They're hardly macho |
USA Today |
21 May 2018 |
| Timid types |
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| Timid types |
LA Times Daily |
17 Mar 2018 |
| Fainthearted fellows |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jan 2018 |
| U-turn from he-men |
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| They're hardly macho |
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| Chickens (out) |
New York Times |
01 Dec 2017 |
| Weaklings |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jul 2017 |
| Chickens (out) |
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| No macho men |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Apr 2016 |
| Hardly macho types |
Universal |
03 Dec 2015 |
| 'Lunch is for ___' ('Wall Street' quote) |
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| Hardly macho men |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Oct 2015 |
| Unlikely bungee jumpers |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Oct 2015 |
| Chickens |
Wall Street Journal |
08 May 2015 |
| Hardly macho group |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2015 |
| Scaredy-cats |
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| Unlikely bungee jumpers |
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| Hardly macho group |
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| Hardly macho types |
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| Chickens |
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| Chickens |
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| Milquetoasts |
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| Weaklings |
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| Wusses |
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| Weaklings |
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| Weaklings |
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| Pushovers |
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| Timid types |
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| Timid types |
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| Pushovers |
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| Bully's victims, perhaps |
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| Ones likely to chicken out |
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| Sissies |
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| Milquetoasts |
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| Chickens |
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| Losers |
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| Spine lackers |
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| Hardly he-men |
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| Pushovers |
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| Milquetoasts |
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| Non-macho men |
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| They have no spine |
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