"pussy," adj. = weak; effeminate; cowardly; unmanly; soft or easy enough for women, but unbefitting a man.

[Douglas G. Wilson]

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>_Oakland Tribune_ (Oakland CA), 24 Dec. 1904: p. 37:
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>[referring to requirements for policemen]
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><<Hereafter there will be no small, pussy little men on the force.>>
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On second thought ... this may be a different word (= "pursy").

-- Doug Wilson